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{{trope}}
A [[Stock Phrase]] and a specific instance of [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner]], "'''It's
▲A [[Stock Phrase]] and a specific instance of [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner]], "It's showtime" (or just "Showtime") is used often enough in media to count as a trope on its own. Its utterance by a character usually heralds [[Let's Get Dangerous|the time to get dangerous]], or the moment when a deception or disguise is about to be critically tested.
[[Captain Obvious|Naturally]], this trope excludes instances where someone is announcing that an actual performance is about to start.
Not to be confused with [[It's Showtime (Philippine TV program)|the Philippine noontime variety show]] or [[It's Showtime (film)|the 1976 documentary film]] of the same name.
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* Roger Smith summons his [[Humongous Mecha]] ''[[The Big O]]'' by activating his remote-control watch and bellowing "Big O! Showtime!"
** Late in the series, when Alex Rosewater activates his mecha, he calls out "Big Fau! Showtime!"
* ''[[Sengoku Basara]]'': Date Masamune's [[Gratuitous English]] bellow of "Showtime!" is an obvious instance.
== [[Fan Works]] ==▼
▲== Fan Works ==
* The first time metahuman Douglas Sangnoir goes into battle at the side of the [[Bubblegum Crisis|Knight Sabers]] in ''[[Drunkard's Walk]] II'', he declares "It's showtime!" to himself.
* Chapter 23 of ''[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/8233291/1/Princess-of-the-Blacks Princess of the Blacks]'' by "Silently Watches" ends with the title character's thoughts at the very start of the Triwizard Tournament's Yule Ball:
{{quote|''Let's see; get through dinner and an evening of dancing without allowing anyone to see through the illusion, confront an incubus, and avoid making a fool of myself in a social situation I have never experienced before. Piece of cake.'' She took a subtle breath as she linked arms with her escort, letting it out when the champions began moving forwards.
''Showtime.''}}
* At the end of ''Violence Inherent in the System'', part two of ''[[The Girl Who Loved]]'', the narrative voice says "Showtime" to start the spectacle of Cuteness returning to the future.
* Kaji says this in chapter 13 of the ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' [[Peggy Sue]] fic ''[[Once More with Feeling]]'' as he and Shinji, having completed their debrief with the JSSDF and returned to the mall, are about to rejoin Misato, Asuka and Rei.
* In her role as the first-person [[Narrator]] of the ''[[Veronica Mars]]/[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' crossover fic ''[[Martian Manhunter (fanfic)|Martian Manhunter]]'', Veronica ends chapter 85 (and its preparations for an assault on Spike and Drusilla) with the single-word paragraph "Showtime."
* The ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' fanfic ''[[Isekai by Moonlight]]'' combines It's Showtime! with [[Pop Cultural Osmosis Failure]], when one of the isekai characters starts a confrontation by (mis)quoting ''[[The Big O]]'', Sailor Venus replying she loved ''[[All That Jazz]]'', and another isekai character mentioning thinking of ''[[Beetlejuice]]''.
== [[Film]] ==▼
* When Lydia
▲== Film ==
▲* When Lydia Dietz finally invokes him at the climax of ''[[Beetlejuice (film)|Beetlejuice]]'', Betelguese looks up from the miniature headstone on which he's been sitting, grins, and growls, "It's showtime."
* Matt LeBlanc as Major Don West in the 1998 [[Lost in Space (film)|''Lost in Space'' movie]] declares "Showtime" when it comes time to launch the Jupiter II.
* Bob "Mr. Incredible" Parr says "Showtime" at multiple points in ''[[The Incredibles]]'', always just before launching into superheroics.
* In [[The Addams Family (1991 film)|the 1991 ''The Addams Family'' film]], Gomez shouts "Showtime!" when he finds the home movie reel he's looking for in a box in the vault.
* "It's showtime, folks!" is Rob Gideon's [[Catch Phrase]] in ''[[All That Jazz]]''.
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* Jimmy McGill quotes ''All That Jazz'' repeatedly in the final season of ''[[Better Call Saul]]''.
== [[Video Games]] ==▼
▲== Video Games ==
* In ''[[Marvel vs. Capcom 3|Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds]]'', the Black Cat declares "Showtime!" to the consternation of Spider-Man, who claims it as his line.
== [[Web
* ''[[Girl Genius]]'' had "SHOWTIME!" as the activation word for combat mode of Agatha's clanks in the arc "Agatha Flips Out (Big Fight)".▼
▲* ''[[Girl Genius]]'' had "SHOWTIME!" as activation word for combat mode of Agatha's clanks in the arc "Agatha Flips Out (Big Fight)".
== Western Animation ==▼
* On an episode of ''[[The Simpsons (Animation)|The Simpsons]]'', Mr. Burns and Homer are trapped in a snowed-in cabin thanks to an avalanche, caused by them. The two begun to crazy and start a fight. After Mr. Burns present an army of snowmen, Homer presents random political figures, with Abe Lincoln shouting this line.▼
▲== [[Western Animation]] ==
▲* On an episode of ''[[The Simpsons (
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