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Things are going great for the heroes! They are being lauded as the greatest thing since sliced bread, people are throwing them parties and giving them medals, and nothing can knock them down now! But then—something goes wrong. The background music, which had been sounding triumphantly along suddenly falters and peters out. Sometimes the music slows from its normal upswing to a bass line and finally silence. Other times, the various members of the band seem to realize something is going on, and one by one randomly stop playing until its only the one guy—and then he gets it and stops suddenly.
Things are going great for the heroes! They are being lauded as the greatest thing since sliced bread, people are throwing them parties and giving them medals, and nothing can knock them down now! But then—something goes wrong. The background music, which had been sounding triumphantly along suddenly falters and peters out. Sometimes the music slows from its normal upswing to a bass line and finally silence. Other times, the various members of the band seem to realize something is going on, and one by one randomly stop playing until it's only the one guy — and then he gets it and stops suddenly.


Letting The Air Out Of The Band is a variant of the [[Record Needle Scratch]]. Instead of swiftly pulling the needle across the record album, the people running the background music pull the plug on the record player, allowing the turntable to slow until it finally stops rotating.
[[Letting the Air Out of the Band]] is a variant of the [[Record Needle Scratch]]. Instead of swiftly pulling the needle across the record album, the people running the background music pull the plug on the record player, allowing the turntable to slow until it finally stops rotating.


Ostensibly, this trope shouldn't be played straight anymore because most (if not all) music players these days are digital, and when you pull the plug on a digital player, the music just stops abruptly rather than just fading. Yet it persists due to [[The Coconut Effect]].
Ostensibly, this trope shouldn't be played straight anymore because most (if not all) music players these days are digital, and when you pull the plug on a digital player, the music just stops abruptly rather than just fading. Yet it persists due to [[The Coconut Effect]].
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See also [[Musicalis Interruptus]], for the instant version.
See also [[Musicalis Interruptus]], for the instant version.
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== Advertising ==
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* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_iWajvrZns This AT&T commercial] inspired by "[[Hansel and Gretel]]" pulls off the live-musicians variation of this.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_iWajvrZns This AT&T commercial] inspired by "[[Hansel and Gretel]]" pulls off the live-musicians variation of this.
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