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For [[Video Game|videogames]] where the player can cause '''Mickey Mousing''', see [[Musical Gameplay]].
See also [[Mime-and-Music-Only Cartoon]], [[Musical Chores]], [[Standard Snippet]], [[Theme Music Power-Up]], [[Record Needle Scratch]]. Compare [[Variable Mix]]. May be used in conjunction with [[
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== Anime
* This is actually a very rare practice in anime, where shows almost exclusively rely on a library of tracks composed for the show and thrown in where appropriate. Thus it is very glaringly obvious (and audibly jarring) in [[Anime]] that's given an entirely new music track when it's dubbed, especially those handled by [[4Kids! Entertainment
* [[Justified Trope|Justified]] with the "Both Of You Dance Like You Want To Win" attack in ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''. Shinji and Asuka must fight an Angel that splits in two and can only be killed by destroying both pieces simultaneously. It's decided the best way to do this is to have them perform an attack [[Source Music|choreographed to the rhythm of a piece of music.]]
** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENiDiVyqens Reenacted] in [[Super Robot Wars MX]], but with [[Zeorymer|Bryst of the Fire]].
* ''[[Blue Submarine No. 6]]'' does this. Repeat with me: ''naval battles punctuated with bossanova.''
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* [[Spirited Away]] has this when Chihiro is making her way down the rickety stairs to the boiler room.
* ''[[Kimba the White Lion]]'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5P9ic9GZoE&list=LL5A68Xz9vd9pNuUOTW6GeBw&index=54 has its moments].
== Eastern Animation ==
* ''[[Nu Pogodi]]'' synchronizes the action with its eclectic soundtrack.
== Film ==
* The absurdly famous "Knife" cue from [[Psycho]] is kind of a funny aversion, compounded with [[Beam Me Up, Scotty]]. If you watch the scene carefully, the music is NOT Mickey Mousing. However when people mimic the scene by making a stabbing motion and singing "Reent! Reent! Reent! Reent!" they will synchronize it.
* In ''[[The Great Dictator]]'' [[Charlie Chaplin]] shaves a customer in perfect synchronisation with the 5th Hungarian Dance [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCevzLGnrbo See here.]
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* The original ''[[King Kong]]'' used this. It's most noticeable during the famous "taking off the dress scene", when Jack is climbing on rocks, and when the tribal chief walks (or rather, marches along to the soundtrack) down to greet the film crew.
* ''[[The Cat in the Hat]]'' movie. While attempting to get back the pet dog, Nevins, the two main protagonists attempt to sneak in, all the while the sound of their footsteps punctuated by the Cat playing on his whiskers. The children both look at him, and he replies "I thought the moment needed something."
* In ''[[Stardust (film)|Stardust]]'', an absolutely epic fight scene is set to the Can-Can—as is
* The pub jukebox left on Random in ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]''. The protagonists beat up a zombie with pool cues in time with [[Queen]]'s "Don't Stop Me Now".
* The film ''[[Black Narcissus]]'' was infamous for its Mickey Mousing, especially with its climactic scene on two nuns fighting on a cliff.
* [[The Court Jester]] - the final swordfighting scene when [[Danny Kaye]]'s character gains [[Implausible Fencing Powers]].
* Occurs in the [[Spider-Man (film)|first Spider-Man movie]] where Peter [[How Do I Shot Web?|learns to wall-crawl]].
* The "garden tool fight" in ''[[Hobgoblins]]'', as pointed out by Crow:
{{quote|'''Crow T. Robot''': Their garden tools make little Casio sounds.}}
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* In ''[[The Princess Bride (film)|The Princess Bride]]'', seen (heard?) during the famous "you killed my father" scene.
** And also during the chatty swordfight duel. The music stops every time a stroke is parried. The music and the dueling both stop to allow the characters to perform acrobatic feats and talk to one another.
* "Eye of the Tiger," written for ''[[Rocky III]]'', was written for precisely this
* Featured in the ultra-cheesy ''[[Psycho Cop|Pyscho Cop Returns]]'', making the film even funnier.
* The epic fight scene set to Lucia Di Lammermoor in ''[[The Fifth Element]]''
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* Two scenes in ''[[Hudson Hawk]]'' features two thieves robbing places while...[[Non Sequitur Scene|dancing and singing]]. For them, [[You Fail Logic Forever|it's a way to remain synchronized]].
▲== Live Action TV ==
* Done very often in Latin American soap operas, where, for example, in a scene with dialogue against music with lyrics, speech and singing will alternate, resulting in a pretty neat scene.
* In a rare live action example, ''[[The Dick Van Dyke Show]]'' used it to great effect—but then, [[Dick Van Dyke]] is something of a walking cartoon when he wants to be.
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* The absolutely classic [[Morecambe and Wise]] Breakfast sketch.
* Often the music in ''[[Jeeves and Wooster (TV series)|Jeeves and Wooster]]'', particularly during Bertie's schemes, would complement the action quite well.
* Spoofed in ''[[The Facts of Life]]'': The episode, a parody of slasher/horror films, features Tootie sneaking through the house, with pizzicato strings accompanying her every step. Finally she gets fed up and [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|yells at]] [[
* A favorite comedic device of [[Ernie Kovacs]] was having musical interludes in which mundane objects would move in time to the music. E.g. his [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DX5khYGqjPY "Kitchen Symphony"].
* Used many times in ''[[Kamen Rider Hibiki]]'', set to anything from a fight scene to a bike-ride through town.
* In every episode of ''[[The Monkees]]'', slapstick gags are punctuated by the music.
* ''[[
== Radio ==
* As a tourist attraction, a "lover's spat" between [[Elizabeth Taylor]] and Mike Todd is portrayed with trumpets in a short segment of ''[[The Stan Freberg Show]]''.
== Theatre ==
* Cho Chang's introduction in ''[[A Very Potter Musical]]'' is timed to the music (especially the classic "Bitch, I ain't Cho Chang!"/"Racist sister!" exchange).
* The song "Now (It's Just The Gas)" in ''[[Little Shop of Horrors]]'' begins with chords that match the action of Orin struggling to remove his mask.
== Video Games ==
''Games should only be included if their case of Mickey Mousing isn't [[Musical Gameplay]].''
* Happens often in the ''[[Kirby]]'' series, most notably in ''64: The Crystal Shard'''s cutscenes. ''Super Star Ultra'' attempted it in places, but in several occasions, most jarringly in the cutscene that occurs wherein you find Nova, the music is just baaaarely out of sync with the video.
* The Moblins in ''Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker'' do this, the music usually beating in time with their footsteps.
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* The final boss of ''[[Ristar]]'' has a soundtrack that starts off slow and ominous while he sits in the background and throws minions at you and makes some preliminary attacks—if you make decent time on this phase, it builds and gets faster while he tries to suck you into a black hole, and then turns into chaotic, fast-paced jazz right as he starts [[Teleport Spam|warping all over the place]] and dropping lightning on your head.
* The [[Famicom]] puzzle game ''Banana'' plays extra notes over the main theme whenever the mole character is moved around. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGwpuXLwR4c\]
== Web Animation ==
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* A stick figure animation by the name of Breaking Rust has Mickey Mousing sprinkled over the course of the fight, matching attacks to the lyrics of The Rocket Summer's ''Break It Out''.
* Numerous animations by Youtube user [http://www.youtube.com/user/cyriak Cyriak] feature plenty of Mickey Mousing alongside stacks and stacks of horrific imagery and [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]. Click at your own risk.
== Western Animation ==
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* An episode of ''[[The Schnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show]]'' had the eponymous duo gaining super muscles, with their ever step being punctuated with an "AH" sound.
* Used all the time in ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'', mixed seamlessly with some [[Leitmotif]]s and music reflecting the mood or tone of a moment or action instead of the physical action.
== Other ==
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