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* Draco's solo in "Back To Hogwarts" from ''[[A Very Potter Musical]]''. It switches from the happy major of everyone else's solos to a high minor, and it's about his dream of ''leaving'' Hogwarts, [[Take Over the World|taking over the world]], forcing everyone to submit to him, and getting Harry out of his way. Of course, since it's a parody musical, it's played for comedy:
{{quote| ...and then ''I'll'' be the one who is ''totally awesome!''}}
* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'': [[A Day in The Life|The Tale of Iroh]] once has Iroh singing [http://audio.avatarspiritmedia.net/Little%20Soldier%20Boy.mp3 a fairly happy song] to cheer up a crying child. He later sings it while breaking into tears as {{spoiler|[[Tear Jerker|he sets up a memorial for his dead son]].}}▼
** Only made worse in that the song is about a soldier coming home. {{spoiler|Iroh's son}} was a soldier who died in battle.▼
*** Not to mention that the whole mini-episode doubles as a {{spoiler|memorial for the actor voicing Iroh up to that point}}▼
** Even more interesting since the first time the song sends the message that [[War Is Glorious]]. The [[Dark Reprise]] instead sends the opposite message that [[War Is Hell]].▼
** Done to comic effect in another episode, where the leitmotif of the imitation Avatars is the normally awe-inspiring Avatar music [[Crowning Moment of Funny|played on an off-key tuba]].▼
* The song Apu sings in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode after losing his job; "Who needs the Quickie Mart?... I dooooooooo!"▼
** He lied to us through song! I HATE when people do that!▼
** Also from ''The Simpsons'': in the episode "Elementary School Musical", the Art Camp counsellors (who are actually [[Flight of the Conchords]]) sing Lisa and the other kids a song about how exciting being an artist is. When Lisa travels to Sprooklyn to become an artist, however, they decide to "sing her the truth"; a dark reprise about how [[Starving Artist|being an artist means taking demeaning jobs and living off sandwiches that dropped on the floor]].▼
* One episode of ''[[My Little Pony]] Tales'' has Starlight sing about her crush on [[The Ace|Ace]] while [[Imagine Spot|picturing the two of them]] as a "Perfect Pair". She then joins the soccer team, only to discover Ace is a [[Jerk Jock]] who goes out of his way to humiliate her [[For the Evulz|just because he can]]. Cue a weepy reprise where she admits "We're... not a perfect pair."▼
** ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' had an absolute bombshell of one of these. The Season 2 Finale, A Canterlot Wedding, introduces Twilight Sparkle's brother Shining Armor as the groom. However, his bride {{spoiler|who is actually a fake}} and {{spoiler|the real Princess Cadence}} engage in a [[Distant Duet]] entitled "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4Wl72X4wlc This Day Aria.]" A few scenes later, the villain, {{spoiler|who reveals herself as the fake Cadence}}, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJw0ktrsv6w reprises the song], and the scenes of carnage and war play while she sings. ▼
* The [[Animated Adaptation|TV Special]] of [[Dr. Seuss|Dr. Seuss']] ''[[The Lorax]]'' has a whole bunch of these as {{spoiler|everyone leaves the land}}.▼
* ''[[Underdog (animation)|Underdog]]'', in "Riffraffville", when he's running out of energy: ([[Spaghetti Western]] style) "Once he was lightning, once he was thunder, now this could end him, if he should blunder. ''Without his super energy pill, he get weaker and weaker and weaker still'' ".▼
* In ''[[Total Drama Island|Total Drama World Tour]]'''s first song, Noah's only line has him sarcastically echoing the song itself.▼
** "Come fly with us, come DIE with us."▼
* In ''[[Power Rangers Wild Force]]'', the standard music for the combination of the Wild Force Megazord begins with a jungle drumbeat, symbolic of the show's theme. When Zen-Aku combines the Predazord for the first time on screen, it's personal theme begins with an off-key version of the Wild Force Megazord's theme.▼
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[The Batman]]'' - Joker has his own version of [[Lock and Load Montage|gear up sequence]] when he decides to become Batman for an episode.
* In ''[[Adventure Time]]'' Simon sings the cheers theme song twice. The first time is to cheer up Marceline, the second time he sings it as [[Survival Mantra]] to hold onto his sanity while he uses [[Artifact of Doom|his crown]]
▲* ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'': [[A Day in The Life|The Tale of Iroh]] once has Iroh singing [http://audio.avatarspiritmedia.net/Little%20Soldier%20Boy.mp3 a fairly happy song] to cheer up a crying child. He later sings it while breaking into tears as {{spoiler|[[Tear Jerker|he sets up a memorial for his dead son]].}}
▲** Only made worse in that the song is about a soldier coming home. {{spoiler|Iroh's son}} was a soldier who died in battle.
▲*** Not to mention that the whole mini-episode doubles as a {{spoiler|memorial for the actor voicing Iroh up to that point}}
▲** Even more interesting since the first time the song sends the message that [[War Is Glorious]]. The [[Dark Reprise]] instead sends the opposite message that [[War Is Hell]].
▲** Done to comic effect in another episode, where the leitmotif of the imitation Avatars is the normally awe-inspiring Avatar music [[Crowning Moment of Funny|played on an off-key tuba]].
▲* The song Apu sings in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode after losing his job; "Who needs the Quickie Mart?... I dooooooooo!"
▲** He lied to us through song! I HATE when people do that!
▲** Also from ''The Simpsons'': in the episode "Elementary School Musical", the Art Camp counsellors (who are actually [[Flight of the Conchords]]) sing Lisa and the other kids a song about how exciting being an artist is. When Lisa travels to Sprooklyn to become an artist, however, they decide to "sing her the truth"; a dark reprise about how [[Starving Artist|being an artist means taking demeaning jobs and living off sandwiches that dropped on the floor]].
▲* One episode of ''[[My Little Pony]] Tales'' has Starlight sing about her crush on [[The Ace|Ace]] while [[Imagine Spot|picturing the two of them]] as a "Perfect Pair". She then joins the soccer team, only to discover Ace is a [[Jerk Jock]] who goes out of his way to humiliate her [[For the Evulz|just because he can]]. Cue a weepy reprise where she admits "We're... not a perfect pair."
▲** ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' had an absolute bombshell of one of these. The Season 2 Finale, A Canterlot Wedding, introduces Twilight Sparkle's brother Shining Armor as the groom. However, his bride {{spoiler|who is actually a fake}} and {{spoiler|the real Princess Cadence}} engage in a [[Distant Duet]] entitled "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4Wl72X4wlc This Day Aria.]" A few scenes later, the villain, {{spoiler|who reveals herself as the fake Cadence}}, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJw0ktrsv6w reprises the song], and the scenes of carnage and war play while she sings.
▲* The [[Animated Adaptation|TV Special]] of [[Dr. Seuss|Dr. Seuss']] ''[[The Lorax]]'' has a whole bunch of these as {{spoiler|everyone leaves the land}}.
▲* ''[[Underdog (animation)|Underdog]]'', in "Riffraffville", when he's running out of energy: ([[Spaghetti Western]] style) "Once he was lightning, once he was thunder, now this could end him, if he should blunder. ''Without his super energy pill, he get weaker and weaker and weaker still'' ".
▲* In ''[[Total Drama Island|Total Drama World Tour]]'''s first song, Noah's only line has him sarcastically echoing the song itself.
▲** "Come fly with us, come DIE with us."
▲* In ''[[Power Rangers Wild Force]]'', the standard music for the combination of the Wild Force Megazord begins with a jungle drumbeat, symbolic of the show's theme. When Zen-Aku combines the Predazord for the first time on screen, it's personal theme begins with an off-key version of the Wild Force Megazord's theme.
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