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{{quote|''"Disco is ''not'' [[Deader Than Disco]]! Disco is ''LIFE''!"''|'''Tony P''', ''[[Mystery Men]]''}}
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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 [[Big Lipped Alligator Moment
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== Fan Works ==
* Thanks to the resemblance of her stance to the iconic image of ''[[Saturday Night Fever]]'', Iku Nagae of ''[[Touhou]]'' is often portrayed doing something Disco-related in [[
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== Films -- Live-Action ==
* In ''[[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
* ''[[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.
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* ''[[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 ''[[Wario Ware]]'' series is a Disco fiend, as is the rest of his family. They all wear multi-colored [[Funny Afro
* ''[[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.
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** "[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|Kronk's New Groove]]''
* ''[[The Powerpuff Girls]]'': The episode "Boogie Frights".
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