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See also [[Magic Music]].
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== [[Anime]] and [[Manga]] ==
* ''[[Violinist of Hameln]]'': Since it's a series with [[Magic Music]], music can tame the savage beast and then some.
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* The Monster in ''[[Young Frankenstein]]'' can be attracted to and lulled by music.
* In ''[[Bringing Up Baby]]'', the tame leopard Baby can be subdued by singing "I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby"
* In ''[[Help!]]!'', Ringo is threatened by a tiger which can be tamed by singing the Ode to Joy from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony.
* Inverted in ''[[The Three Stooges]]'' short ''Idle Roomers'', which features a [[Wolf Man]] who is relatively tame until he hears music. The stooges, mistakenly believing in this trope, decide to play music when confronted by him, activating the Wolf Man's [[Berserk Button]].
* ''[[The Island of Doctor Moreau]]'' (1996): Marlon Brando (as the title character) momentarily soothes the rebellious man-animal hybrids with his piano playing. But when Dr Moreau decides to follow this up by activating their pain implants, he discovers the hard way that they've already been removed.
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== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* ''[[
** In "A Christmas Carol", Abagail's singing calms both the storm and the flying sharks inside it.
** John Pertwee sings a Venusian lullaby to soothe the monster on Peladon.
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== [[Theater]] ==
* ''[[
== [[Video Games]] ==
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** Averted with the Poke Flute and Blue Flute, which awaken sleeping Pokemon.
* In ''[[Dragon Quest]]'', the Fairy Flute is the only reliable way to defeat the ridiculously overpowered Golem boss, which puts it to sleep.
* ''[[
** This concept may have originated in ''[[
* In ''[[Zelda II:
* Referenced in ''[[Spyro the Dragon|Spyro: Ripto's Rage]]'' in the Fracture Hills by the [[
* In ''[[
* Romeo's Ballad from ''[[Final Fantasy V]]'' inflicts Stop on enemies.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[Looney Tunes]]'':
** Taz can be easily calmed with music, whether by instrument or singing. [[Everything's Louder with Bagpipes|Except the bagpipes.]]
** In "[[Organ Grinder|Hurdy-Gurdy]] Hare", [[Bugs Bunny]] got a gorilla to [[Implacable Man|stop chasing him]] by playing the violin. He even calls this trope's name.
** The third ''[[Bosko the Talk Ink Kid]]'' cartoon "Congo Jazz" has Bosko do this to the tiger who was chasing him in the beginning. Once he has distracted the tiger long enough, he promptly [[Dead Baby Comedy|kicks him off of a cliff.]]
* Titano in the ''[[Superman:
* The plot of the [[Tex Avery]]-directed [[Chilly Willy]] cartoon "The Legend of Rock-a-bye Point" concerns a polar bear trying to get fish from a fishing boat, getting the [[Angry Guard Dog]] off his back by putting him to sleep with a lullaby, while Chilly sabotages him at every turn.
* In the ''[[
* ''[[The Smurfs]]'',
** In one episode, the villain has to get to a treasure guarded by a dragon who can be lulled to sleep by singing, so he kidnaps Princess Sabina to force her to do it. Being a sadist, once he has the treasure, he leaves poor Sabina tied up in the dragon's lair, reminding her before he leaves that the dragon will wake up if she ''stops'' singing, something she clearly ''cannot'' do forever.
** In one episode the Smurflings meet what seems to be a docile [[Non-Malicious Monster]] who calls itself "Beatie" who ''loves'' their music and follows them everywhere as they play it. Then, however, Grandpa does some research, and discovers that Beastie is, in fact, the legendary Savage Beast (as in, the in-universe [[Trope Namer]] of this Trope) meaning when the Smurfling's ''stop'' playing, they it won't be as docile...
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[[Category:Music Tropes]]
[[Category:Music Soothes
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