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{{quote|''"Disco is ''not'' [[Deader Than Disco]]! Disco is ''LIFE''!"''|'''Tony P''', ''[[Mystery Men]]''}}
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]].
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** In the first movie, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thFMoBGaEgw Bigfoot starts grooving] to the funky tones of [[The Bee Gees]] singing "Stayin' Alive".
** The sequel has Goofy and Sylvia shaking their groove thing to, well, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT7Ledwpdw8 "Shake Your Groove Thing"].
* [[The Bee Gees]]' "You Should Be Dancing" plays out in ''[[Despicable Me]]'' before the end credits roll.
** Don't forget the Boogie Robots!
* ''[[Animalympics]]'' has a musical number set at the "Noah's Ark Disco".
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* ''[[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]]' "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 ''[[You Don't Mess With the Zohan]]''. This has more to do with Disco surviving outside the States for some time after it "officially died". Naturally, immigrant characters assume that it's still big in the US.
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* Jimmy T. from the ''[[Wario Ware]]'' series is a Disco fiend, as is the rest of his family. They all wear multi-colored [[Funny Afro]]es, shades, and bell-bottom pants.
* ''[[Dangun Feveron]]''. Even its freaking soundtrack!
* The dancing zombie of ''[[Plants vs. Zombies]]'', due to the original zombie bearing resemblance to [[Michael Jackson]] [[Funny Aneurysm Moment|at an unfortunate time]], was replaced with a Disco-tastic zombie.
* ''[[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.
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* ''[[The Emperor's New Groove|Kronk's New Groove]]''
* ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'': The episode "Boogie Frights".
* ''[[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".
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