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{{quote|''Now, come on, one more time for nostalgia's sake: You come see my patient, you teach me a lesson, and then the music plays, right? In my head, it sounds like this: Ba-buh-buh-ba-buh-buh-buh, ba-buh-buh-ba-buh-buh-buh-buhhh.''<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXyuLN4TcRc Listen here.]</ref>|'''J.D.''', "My Old Friend's New Friend", ''[[Scrubs]]''}}
{{quote|''Now, come on, one more time for nostalgia's sake: You come see my patient, you teach me a lesson, and then the music plays, right? In my head, it sounds like this: Ba-buh-buh-ba-buh-buh-buh, ba-buh-buh-ba-buh-buh-buh-buhhh.''<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXyuLN4TcRc Listen here.]</ref>|'''J.D.''', "My Old Friend's New Friend", ''[[Scrubs]]''}}


The sappy, synthesized, clarinet-heavy music which used to play under emotional moments in sitcoms.
The sappy, synthesized, clarinet-heavy music which used to play under emotional moments in sitcoms.


Named for [[Full House|the worst offender]], although ''[[Scrubs]]'' was pretty damn close. They snapped out of it though. Not to be confused with ''[[House (TV series)|House]]''. Or House Music, a [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|type of music]] that developed out of disco in the [[The Eighties|mid to late 80's]].
Named for [[Full House|the worst offender]], although ''[[Scrubs]]'' was pretty damn close. They snapped out of it though. Not to be confused with ''[[House (TV series)|House]]''. Or House Music, a [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|type of music]] that developed out of disco in the [[The Eighties|mid to late 80's]].


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* Linda Bloodworth-Thomason is apparently fond of playing sappy music during emotional scenes, completely undercutting the performances of her actors just so we can be absolutely sure that we should cry or go "daww" during a particular scene. This happens frequently on ''[[Designing Women]]'' and to a lesser extent on ''[[Hearts Afire]]''.
* Linda Bloodworth-Thomason is apparently fond of playing sappy music during emotional scenes, completely undercutting the performances of her actors just so we can be absolutely sure that we should cry or go "daww" during a particular scene. This happens frequently on ''[[Designing Women]]'' and to a lesser extent on ''[[Hearts Afire]]''.
* ''[[Scrubs]]'' featured a particular few bars of piano music so often in emotional moments that they eventually decided to [[Lampshade Hanging|hang a lampshade]] on this by having JD say that he always imagines this piece of music playing at emotional moments in his life. From that point on in the series, the music is mainly used in subversions of emotional moments.
* ''[[Scrubs]]'' featured a particular few bars of piano music so often in emotional moments that they eventually decided to [[Lampshade Hanging|hang a lampshade]] on this by having JD say that he always imagines this piece of music playing at emotional moments in his life. From that point on in the series, the music is mainly used in subversions of emotional moments.
** That music was featured so much that the actors themselves imagined that tune during emotional moments of their own lives.
** That music was featured so much that the actors themselves imagined that tune during emotional moments of their own lives.
* ''[[Full House]]:'' The [[Trope Namer]]. Does this during every [[Golden Moment]].
* ''[[Full House]]:'' The [[Trope Namer]]. Does this during every [[Golden Moment]].
** Mind you, ''[[Full House]]'' (as well as pretty much every [[Sitcom]] in the TGIF block) tended more for light bass guitar or a synthesizer on high notes over a clarinet, but it was the late 80s/early 90s.
** Mind you, ''[[Full House]]'' (as well as pretty much every [[Sitcom]] in the TGIF block) tended more for light bass guitar or a synthesizer on high notes over a clarinet, but it was the late 80s/early 90s.
* ''[[Project Runway]]'s'' "Auf Wiedersehn" music (give or take a clarinet).
* ''[[Project Runway]]'s'' "Auf Wiedersehn" music (give or take a clarinet).
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** ''Family Matters'' was also quite fond of using a sappy 7-note piano riff at the end of a sad or dramatic scene, more or less [[Once Per Episode]].
** ''Family Matters'' was also quite fond of using a sappy 7-note piano riff at the end of a sad or dramatic scene, more or less [[Once Per Episode]].
* ''[[Friends]]'' had plenty of this in the episode where Ross's grandmother died. This wasn't the only problem of the episode. The grandma's moment of death was literally played for laughs and [[The Fun in Funeral]] segments hardly worked together with the sappy and fake emotional moments during which the Full House Music plays.
* ''[[Friends]]'' had plenty of this in the episode where Ross's grandmother died. This wasn't the only problem of the episode. The grandma's moment of death was literally played for laughs and [[The Fun in Funeral]] segments hardly worked together with the sappy and fake emotional moments during which the Full House Music plays.
** Same problem when Mr. Heckles dies in season 1 and the group leaves his apartment for the final time.
** Same problem when Mr. Heckles dies in season 1 and the group leaves his apartment for the final time.
* This is constantly used in ''[[Saved by the Bell]]''. The music often seems to be the same despite the content of the scene it's playing to.
* This is constantly used in ''[[Saved by the Bell]]''. The music often seems to be the same despite the content of the scene it's playing to.
* This seems to be a staple of ''[[Modern Family]]'', particular accompanying the ending voiceovers.
* This seems to be a staple of ''[[Modern Family]]'', particular accompanying the ending voiceovers.
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* In a non-sitcom example, ''[[Minute to Win It]]'' does this [[Once an Episode|2-3 times per episode]] when everything comes to a screeching halt so the contestant(s) can tell some kind of a sob story about their loved ones.
* In a non-sitcom example, ''[[Minute to Win It]]'' does this [[Once an Episode|2-3 times per episode]] when everything comes to a screeching halt so the contestant(s) can tell some kind of a sob story about their loved ones.
* ''[[Boy Meets World]]'' was another TGIF show to use this. It was mostly used as transition music at the end of serious scenes though it was sometimes played during the scene if the scene was particularly emotional.
* ''[[Boy Meets World]]'' was another TGIF show to use this. It was mostly used as transition music at the end of serious scenes though it was sometimes played during the scene if the scene was particularly emotional.
* Parodied in the ''[[That's My Bush]]'' episode "Trapped In A Closet." Every moment where two trapped characters work out their issues/differences is humorously scored to the exact same sappy music.
* Parodied in the ''[[That's My Bush!]]'' episode "Trapped In A Closet." Every moment where two trapped characters work out their issues/differences is humorously scored to the exact same sappy music.
* Beautifully averted by ''[[Frasier]]'' which never used music to undercut scenes. The results speak for themselves.
* Beautifully averted by ''[[Frasier]]'' which never used music to undercut scenes. The results speak for themselves.
** Parodied in one episode where he plays pre-recorded sappy music when apologizing to Martin's girlfriend Elaine on the radio.
** Parodied in one episode where he plays pre-recorded sappy music when apologizing to Martin's girlfriend Elaine on the radio.
* [[Good Luck Charlie]] slowed down the melody of the opening theme of the show at the end of the scene when Teddy finds out that her boyfriend, Spencer, is cheating on her. Most of the time, the theme music is played in a more up-tempo, cheery manner. This one of (if not the only) time the show uses this trope.
* [[Good Luck Charlie]] slowed down the melody of the opening theme of the show at the end of the scene when Teddy finds out that her boyfriend, Spencer, is cheating on her. Most of the time, the theme music is played in a more up-tempo, cheery manner. This one of (if not the only) time the show uses this trope.
* ''Air Crash Investigation'', a.k.a ''Mayday'', ''Air Emergency'' and ''Air Disasters'', a documentary television show about [[Captain Obvious|aircraft disasters]] usually plays this trope straight at emotional scenes (victim funerals, photos of the plane wreckages, the last few seconds when there's no hope, the first few seconds after the crash, etc).
* ''Air Crash Investigation'', a.k.a ''Mayday'', ''Air Emergency'' and ''Air Disasters'', a documentary television show about [[Captain Obvious|aircraft disasters]] usually plays this trope straight at emotional scenes (victim funerals, photos of the plane wreckages, the last few seconds when there's no hope, the first few seconds after the crash, etc).
* A pre-''Full House'' show fitting this trope was ''[[The Brady Bunch]],'' where in many episodes a mellow or dramatic cue is played as Mike or Carol are offering that episode's [[An Aesop|moral]].
* A pre-''Full House'' show fitting this trope was ''[[The Brady Bunch]],'' where in many episodes a mellow or dramatic cue is played as Mike or Carol are offering that episode's [[An Aesop|moral]].


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