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Line 7: This trope causes ''no end'' of frustration for those who work in theater. Especially those who have to explain just how long it takes and how much it costs to "put on a show!" {{examples~~\|Examples:~~}} == [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] == * Ciel and crew from ''[[Black Butler]]'' hire some actors to put on a play for a bunch of orphans (for publicity rather than money, they already have plenty of that). When the actors get delayed, guess who has to fill in the cast... Line 15: * The show ''[[The Blues Brothers]]'' put on to get money to save the Catholic orphanage. * A form of...er...show is the one that forms the end of ''[[The Full Monty]]''... * [[Kevin Smith]] deals with this trope [[Sarcasm Mode\|with his typical taste and refinement]] in ''[[Zack and Miri Make Aa Porno]]''. * In ''[[Hamlet 2]]'' the titular play is put on to save the drama class from budget cuts. * In ''[[Be Kind Rewind]]'', two video store clerks make short parody movies, first to cover up for their destruction of the store's tapes, but then in an effort to save the store from demolition. Eventually the whole neighborhood joins in on making one final video. * The main plot of the ''[[Hannah Montana]]'' movie. * ''[[~~White Christmas (Film)\|~~White Christmas]]'' was like this, but for their old Army commander's ski lodge. * This forms the basis for ''[[~~Its~~It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie]]'' and ''[[The Muppets (~~Film~~film)\|The Muppets]]''. Sure, they had two TV shows about putting on a show, but in these films they're doing it to save the theater. == [[Fan Fiction]] == * In the ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' fanfiction ''[[Decks Fall, Everyone Dies ~~(Fanfic)~~\|Decks Fall Everyone Dies]]'', the characters put on a show that is meant to convince people to start dueling again. This is because [[World Gone Mad\|life has gone downhill]] after the fall of dueling and the rise of dice games. == [[Literature]] == * The ''[[Anne of Green Gables ~~(Literature)~~\|Anne of Avonlea]]'' miniseries. == [[Live Action TV]] == Line 34: * In ''[[One Day At a Time]]'' the cast saved their building and in following seasons put on a show as a charitable gesture meant to entertain the people at the local Senior Citizens' center every New Year's Eve. ** This was a popular trope in the Land of Norman Lear. ''[[Good Times]]'' and ''[[Maude]]'' did similar charity amateur-hour episodes. * ''[[~~Are You Being Served (TV)\|~~Are You Being Served?]]'' did this quite a few times, usually for Mr. Grace's birthday. ** In later seasons they seemed to happen more often, seemingly as an excuse to get Mrs Slocombe and Mr Humphries into ridiculous outfits and flamboyant dresses, even if it made no sense in context of the show. * ''[[The Drew Carey Show]]'' did an epsiode that parodied ''[[The Full Monty]]'' where the boys decide to put on a strip show in order to raise money to replace a pedigree dog they accidentally had neutered. Line 40: == [[Music]] == * Benefit shows in general would fit under this trope. Specifically, not as much the planned "global relief" concerts such as Live Aid or Farm Aid, but the usually smaller shows bands perform to get fast money for something (jailed/sued/evicted/etc friends needing bail/lawyers, the relatives of a late bandmate need money or a show done in memory of a late bandmate, someone sick needing money for medical bills, someone's gear got stolen or trashed, etc...). * The [[Princeton Triangle Club]] essentially started this way back in 1891. == Theatre == Line 52 ⟶ 53: == [[Western Animation]] == * ''[[South Park]]'' had "Chef Aid". * ''[[~~Futurama (Animation)\|~~Futurama]]'' has an episode centered on this trope (trying to save Earth from the TV-addicted Omicronians); Fry even used the trope name directly. * Done in ''[[~~Spongebob~~SpongeBob SquarePants]]'', but they weren't trying to save anything, Krabs just wanted to earn even more money. * [[The Brak Show ~~(Animation)~~\|Brak]] and his family put on a presentation of "Psychoklahoma" to save Señor Science from the disastrous results of his latest science experiment. By the time they get the money together, he's managed to save himself. This is Señor Science's SOP; every episode of his show-within-a-show ends with him desperately needing funds from the audience if he is ever to survive. Just send cash, check, or money order to... {{reflist}} Line 62 ⟶ 63: [[Category:Film Tropes]] [[Category:Hey Lets Put On A Show]] [[Category:~~Trope~~Hey, Let's Put on a Show]]