Music Soothes the Savage Beast: Difference between revisions

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* 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 ''[[Tom and Jerry]]'' cartoon "Down Beat Bear", the titular bear ends up at Tom's house and Tom tries to call the authorities, but every time the bear hears music he starts to dance with Tom.
* ''[[The Smurfs]]'',
* In one episode of ''[[The Smurfs]]'', 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...
** 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 of ''[[The Smurfs]]'', 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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