Musical Nod: Difference between revisions

A subtrope of [[Continuity Nod]]. Most often seen in video games, this is music from a related work that is used at some point. Differs from [[Recurring Riff]] in that a '''Musical Nod''' is used far less, and generally not under the same circumstances it was originally used. However, the new use may be related; one game's random battle theme could be used for a single boss battle in a later game.

* The remake of ''[[The Parent Trap (1961 film)|The Parent Trap]]'' has Annie (?){{verify}} humming "Let's Get Together" under her breath in the hotel.

== Live -Action TV ==

* The theme music from [[Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)|the original ''[[Battlestar Galactica Classic]]'']] plays over a human-interest news piece featured in an episode of [[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined(2004 TV series)|the reimagined series]].

* In ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'', the boss battle theme Premonition begins with a snippet of the main theme to [[Final Fantasy VII]]. Also, the Balamb Garden background music contains a line from the opera from [[Final Fantasy VI]].

** The Mario series ''loves'' doing this, ''[[New Super Mario Bros. Wii]]'' has a nod to the ''[[Super Mario World (video game)|Super Mario World]]'' Castle theme in its ''own'' Castle theme.

*** There's also the [[YoshisYoshi's Island|Superstar Baby Mario]] theme in [[Super Mario 64]], the [[Luigi's Mansion|Luigis Mansion]] theme in [[Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga]], and earlier than that, the theme for the first game showed up in [[Super Mario Bros 3]]'s music box.

* ''[[Ace Attorney]] 3'' reuses the first game's {{spoiler|"Cornered!" theme for the final confrontation in the game.}} ''Apollo Justice'' uses the original "Objection" theme when Phoenix objects in the first case {{spoiler|and reuses LOTS of music from the first game in "flashbacks" in the final case}})

** All but the first three of the Sevii Islands in ''[[Pokémon Red and Blue|FireRed and LeafGreen]]'' have music from ''Gold/Silver/Crystal'' -- Azalea—Azalea Town's theme on islands Four and Five, Violet City's on islands Six and Seven, and the Route 42 theme on the interconnecting routes.

* In the ''[[MOTHER 1|Mother]]/[[EarthboundEarthBound]]'' series of games, many of the songs are either outright recycled, or make a cameo appearance in one way or another. Pollyanna, Snowman, and Humoresque of a Little Dog to be specific. The plot coupons from the first two games, (Queen Mary's Song/Gigyas's Lullaby, and the Sound Stone Melodies, both known as The Eight Melodies in each of their respective games, due to each melody being split into 8 parts.) are frequently remixed into other songs related to the Mother Franchise. (Queen Mary's song appears in the battle theme for Onett in [[Super Smash Bros.]], and the two themes are mixed into a song called ''Sixteen Melodies'' for ''[[Mother 3]]''.)

** It's justified in ''[[Mother 3]]'', since most of the songs heard from ''[[EarthboundEarthBound|Mother 2]]'' are there due to {{spoiler|Porky's nostalgia.}}

* "Into the Wilderness", the Opening theme of the first ''[[Wild ArmsARMs]]'' game, had been continuously remixed throughout the series, having been used as background music, boss battle music, and post-battle music.

** Also, the main theme of ''[[Wild ArmsARMs 2]]'' is played in ''[[Wild ArmsARMs 5]]'' when the cell phone belonging to the [[Expy]] of Ashley rings.

* [[Pulse Man]]'s Neo Tokyo theme was remixed for the [[Pokémon]] DPP rival theme.

* At the beginning of [[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]], the Alert theme and boss battle music incorporated parts of the Alert theme from the first game.

* ''[[Pokémon Mystery Dungeon|Explorers of Sky]]'' uses the background music of Ravaged Field, Magnetic Quarry, Thunder Meadow, Mt. Discipline, Furnace Desert and Jungle (all from ''Red/Blue Rescue Team'') as the dungeon music for Southern Jungle of Team Charm's special episode.

* In the various guest [[Bonus Boss]] instances of [[Tri Ace|tri-Ace]] games (e.g. [[Valkyrie Profile|Lenneth and Freya]] in ''[[Star Ocean 3]]'' or [[Star Ocean the Second Story|Gabriel Celeste]] in ''[[Valkyrie Profile 2]]'') music from their original games will play. The [[Bonus Dungeon]] of ''[[Valkyrie Profile]]'' also shares a theme with the Maze of Tribulations from the ''[[Star Ocean]]'' games.

* ''[[Spore]]'' has one during the civilization and space stage when ever you hover over a city that isn't yours. {{spoiler|It's "Grunge City" from ''[[Sim CitySimCity|Sim City 4 Deluxe]]''}}.

* ''[[Banjo-Kazooie]]: Nuts 'N Bolts'' has this all ''over'' the damn place. Virtually every single piece of music from the game has nods to songs from not only previous games in the franchise itself, but also from other games made by Rare like ''[[ConkersConker's Bad Fur Day]]'' and ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''.

* The final segment of ''[[Sonic Adventure]]'''s Windy Valley is accompanied by the Green Grove theme from the [[Mega Drive|Genesis]] version of ''[[Sonic 3D: Flickies' Island]]''. Likewise, the latter's Panic Puppet (Act 1) theme is used in the former's Twinkle Park level.

** The music for Yoshi's Village is the title theme from ''[[YoshisYoshi's Island]]''.

* The first episode of ''[[Re BootReBoot]]'' features a distinctive theme for the Space Game in its first episode. The theme is brought back much later on in the episode ''System Crash'' when the User from that game emerges in Mainframe.

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