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{{quote|''"Disco is ''not'' [[Deader Than Disco|dead]]! Disco is ''LIFE''!"''
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A disco-inspired sequence in an otherwise unrelated work. Sometimes even featuring the full [[Standard Disco Equipment]]!
May be the doing of a [[Disco Dan]], but such a character isn't even necessary to bring some Disco interlude out of nowhere.
Of course, this doesn't count if the show is set in [[The Seventies]], or has Disco renewal as its main subject (like the 2008 French movie titled, guess what, ''[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0953369/ Disco]''). This trope is for gratuitous Disco moments with little justification (in-story)... besides the [[Rule of Cool]].
Most extreme cases can be [[
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== [[Anime]]
* ''[[Haré+Guu]]'':
** The anime features a scene in an early episode where Haré comes home to see Guu and Weda have set up a Disco in the house and are getting down with their bad selves. Guu's even sporting an afro, which Haré realizes is the village elder's lost chest hair. Weda actually greets him with "Welcome to the hippest trip!" à la ''[[Soul Train]]''.
** And then, the second ending credits are Disco-themed.
* ''[[
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fh9m9un744w Zombie Night!] Nuff said.
** There's also a character in a later arc whose name is Disco. He dresses accordingly.
* The second ending of ''[[
* The first ending of ''[[
== [[Fan Works]] ==
* Thanks to the resemblance of her stance to the iconic image of ''[[Saturday Night Fever]]'', Iku Nagae of ''[[
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▲* Thanks to the resemblance of her stance to the iconic image of ''[[Saturday Night Fever]]'', Iku Nagae of ''[[Touhou (Video Game)|Touhou]]'' is often portrayed doing something Disco-related in [[Fanfic|fanfictions]]. Ironically, her [[Impossibly Cool Clothes|oarfish-themed clothing]] looks more like a salsa dancer's.
== Films -- Animation ==▼
* ''[[A Goofy Movie]]''
** In the first movie, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thFMoBGaEgw Bigfoot starts grooving] to the funky tones of [[
** The sequel has Goofy and Sylvia shaking their groove thing to, well, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT7Ledwpdw8 "Shake Your Groove Thing"].
* [[
** Don't forget the Boogie Robots!
* ''[[
* In ''[[The Lorax (
* In ''[[
** In a [[Flash Back]] scene, two girl scouts end up in a bar room brawl. One of them smashes her head against a jukebox causing it to play [[
== Films -- Live-Action ==▼
** Parodied in a later scene where a DJ announces "This is WZAZ, where Disco lives forever!" shortly before the title airplane destroys the WZAZ radio tower.
▲* In ''[[The Naked Gun (Film)|The Naked Gun]] 33 1/3: The Final Insult'', there is a flashback of the characters during the '70s in an appropriately Disco setting. Part of the gag is that the actors weren't made up to look any younger -- they are just dressed in Disco-era fashion and with longer hair (including Nordberg [O.J. Simpson] with a [[Funny Afro]] so big he can't get through a door). Even more absurd, the Anna Nicole Smith character appears as a grown woman in the disco scene, even though the actress herself had barely reached puberty when the '70s ended.
▲* ''[[Airplane! (Film)|Airplane!]]''
▲** In a [[Flash Back]] scene, two girl scouts end up in a bar room brawl. One of them smashes her head against a jukebox causing it to play [[The Bee Gees (Music)|The Bee Gees]]' "Stayin' Alive" whereupon everybody in the bar starts dancing. Arguably the earliest example in Western media, as ''Airplane!'' was filmed in 1979-1980, just as the anti-Disco backlash was beginning.
▲** Parodied in a later scene where a DJ announces "This is WZAZ, where Disco lives forever!" shortly before the title airplane destroys the WZAZ radio tower.
* In ''[[Mystery Men]]'', Casanova Frankenstein employs the [[Disco Dan|Disco Boys]] as henchmen, and there is a full Disco Room in his castle.
* Disco is a [[Running Gag]] in ''[[
* In an episode of ''[[RoboCop
* ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway?
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▲* In an episode of ''[[RoboCop (Film)|Robocop]]: The Series'', [[Virtual Ghost]] Diana gets corrupted by a computer virus and turns a bit nuts. As a result, she transforms her [[Hacker Cave]] into a full Disco, complete with blaring music, stroboscopic lights and [[Laser Hallway|real laser fire]]! Once he makes the music stop, Murphy finally comments that he always hated Disco.
▲* ''[[Whose Line Is It Anyway? (TV)|Whose Line Is It Anyway]]'' had "Disco Boy" and "The Disco Kid" in the "Superhero" games. Greatest Hits and Song Styles did Disco from time to time.
* A fairly extreme example, Pain of Salvation are a fairly dark and brooding progressive metal band, with huge spiralling concept albums about the existence of God and a fair bit of deep introspection. Track five on their album Scarsick is called "Disco Queen". It's a bizarre 7/8 grooving Disco song. With falsetto vocals. Which go "You're my DISCO QUEEN! Let's Disco! Ooh-ooh oo-ee oo-ee, AHHHHH!" Although this was, of course, ming-mong Kryptonite, it's actually pretty good. They used it as an encore for the entire tour. It was extremely entertaining to watch the big, hairy, tattooed metalheads do the John Travolta-dance from ''[[Saturday Night Fever]]'' during said song.
* [[
▲== Pro Wrestling ==
* Brodus Clay debuted as a generic [[The Brute|brute]]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72jEUpcvocw He would resurface with an entirely new personality.]
== [[Video Games]] ==▼
* At least one of the ''[[Destroy All Humans!]]'' games takes place in [[The Seventies]]. Pox plans to use Disco to brainwash the world's population, much to Crypto's disgust (because he loathes Disco).▼
▲== Video Games ==
▲* At least one of the ''[[Destroy All Humans]]'' games takes place in [[The Seventies]]. Pox plans to use Disco to brainwash the world's population, much to Crypto's disgust (because he loathes Disco).
* ''[[
▲* Disco Kid's whole theme in ''[[Punch Out (Video Game)|Punch Out]]''
* In ''[[Earthworm Jim (
▲* ''[[Rogue Squadron (Video Game)|Rogue Squadron]] III'' opens with the ''[[Star Wars (Franchise)|Star Wars]]'' characters dancing to the Disco remix (yes, there was one) of the [[Fanfare|opening theme]].
* ''[[Pokémon Colosseum
▲* In ''[[Earthworm Jim (Video Game)|Earthworm Jim]] 3-D'', there is a whole stage devoted to a Disco. Which mixes this trope with [[Everything's Deader With Zombies]] to form the stage "Boogie Nights of the Living Dead". The stage comes complete with a weapon called the "Funky Gun".
▲* ''[[Pokémon Colosseum (Video Game)|Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness]]'' has Miror B., a man with a [[Funny Afro]] colored like a Pokéball. In its predecessor, ''Colosseum'', his music was salsa. Here? Disco.
* ''[[Endless Frontier]]'' has Suzuka-hime's [[Limit Break]]: complete with [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|Disco ball, orange box,]] [[Noblewoman's Laugh]], and [[More Dakka]] [[Blasphemous Boast|than God]]. In the sequel, gaining an upgrade to the attack adds bright spotlights and changes the single box of oranges to a pile of 3.
* ''[[The Neverhood|Skullmonkeys]]'' includes The 1970's as a collectible pickup scattered around levels. Whenever the player picks up enough of them, they're transported to, you guessed it, The 1970's. Accompanied by [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tCFrI8TQgw this music].
* Jimmy T. from the ''[[
* ''[[Dangun Feveron]]''. Even its freaking soundtrack!
* The dancing zombie of ''[[
* ''[[Dungeon Siege]]'''s expansion has a Secret Disco Level hosted by the Disco [[The Goomba|Krug]].
* ''[[Dungeon Keeper]] 2'' has casinos, and when a creature wins the jackpot, everyone around it starts dancing to "Disco Inferno" by The Tramps.
* [[Dance Battler]] maestre Eddy Gordo in the ''[[
== [[Web Comics]] ==▼
▲== Web Comics ==
* [http://lowroad75.comicgenesis.com/d/20090723.html This page] of ''Giselle'' by Carlos G. Guess what the Butler does in his spare time.
* In ''[[
▲* In ''[[Code Lyoko (Animation)|Code Lyoko]]'' episode "Straight to the Heart", it is revealed that Jim is a former Disco dancer. Though he considers this an [[Old Shame]] at first, in "William Returns" he gains some fans and makes a return as "Paco, King of Disco".
▲* ''[[Family Guy (Animation)|Family Guy]]'':
▲** Jesus turns [[Big Lipped Alligator Moment|Water into Funk]].
** When Stewie wishes on his birthday candles, he entertains the idea of dropping bombs, but then decides to wish for everyone to Disco dance, complete with Disco ball and retro clothing, as seen above.
* From ''[[
** "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9H6-0FiEa4 Fabulous]";
** "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jP0j8EITTk Disco Miniature Golfing Queen]";
** During the boys' Robot Rodeo, a thick mist messed up Isabella's
* ''[[The Emperor's New Groove
* ''[[
* ''[[The Fairly
** There was also that time Jorgen Von Strangle disco danced with his 1970s counterpart.
* ''[[Rocket Power]]'': Otto and Reggie's dad competed in "Freestyle Roller Disco".
* ''[[Captain Caveman and
* ''[[
* Mirror Master's holographic discotheque of doom in one episode of ''[[Justice League (
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