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== Anime &and Manga ==
 
== Anime & Manga ==
* In ''[[Monster (manga)|Monster]]'', "[[The Wizard of Oz (film)|Over the Rainbow]]" is referenced as the song Vardemann's father played on his radio station. When Vardemann finally faces the fact that his father was a spy, and decides to deal with the trust issues this inspired in him, an instrumental version of the song is played in the background.
 
 
== Film ==
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* In ''[[Casino Royale]]'', the classic James Bond theme is not played until the very end. This symbolizes the newly-promoted James Bond becoming the badass secret agent we all know.
* The reveal of Brendan Fraser's car in ''[[Looney Tunes: Back in Action]]'' as {{spoiler|[[The Alleged Car|an AMC Gremlin]]}} is accompanied by a quote of the theme from [[Captain Obvious|a certain]] [[Gremlins|past collaboration]] by director Joe Dante and composer [[Jerry Goldsmith]].
* 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 ''[[Doctor Who]]'' mini episode "Time Crash" wherein the Tenth Doctor meets his Fifth incarnation has a [[Leitmotif]] reminiscent of the music of the Fifth Doctor's era play intermingled with the music more typical of the newer series.
* In the ''[[Mr. Bean]]'' Christmas episode, the music Bean hums while playing with the toy marching band is clearly the opening march from ''[[Blackadder Goes Forth]]''.
* While it was not used in the televised episodes, the [[Star Trek: The Next Generation]] finale ''All Good Things...'' would have featured a reprise of composer Dennis McCarthy's theme for Judge Q's entrance in ''Encounter at Farpoint''. The composition did appear in an album later on.
* 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]].
 
 
== Music ==
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* The organ lead-in to George Michael's "Faith" is the melody to his earlier Wham! hit "Freedom".
* Many arrangements for the Florida State University Marching Chiefs incorporate the school's famous "War Chant".
 
 
== Video Games ==
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** The music for Yoshi's Village is the title theme from ''[[Yoshi's Island]]''.
* The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-_g8NZr1tA theme song] of ''[[The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim]]'' incorporates musical elements from previous iterations of the Elder Scrolls theme, notably a similarity to the drums of [[The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind|Morrowind's]] theme and a segment of [[The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion|Oblivion's]] theme near the end (about 3:00 into the Skyrim theme, the original musical cue comes from [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3EOibiVzq4#t=69s this segment] of the Oblivion theme.)
 
 
== Western Animation ==
* 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.
* Episode 4 of [[Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated]] has Daphne humming the theme from ''The New Scooby Doo Movies'' as she knits an ascot for Fred.