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No, this isn't when [[Animaniacs (Animation)|Yakko Warner performs a musical number]].
 
A form of montage that uses shots of various cultures from all around the planet, doing the same thing.
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== Anime & Manga ==
* This happens several times in the endings of ''[[Digimon Adventure]]'' and ''[[Digimon Adventure 02]]'', showing massive crowds in the countries shown gathering to observe the Digital World shenanigans in the sky.
* ''[[DragonballDragon Ball]]''
* ''[[Transformers Cybertron]]'' had a montage of various major world cities being menaced by Starscream's ancient Decepticons.
 
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{{quote| Governments tried to coordinate their defences with those of other nations. The government of India met in a railroad coach, while millions streamed for the imagined safety of the Himalayas. The Finnish, Turkish, Chinese and Bolivians worked and fought furiously. Every effort against their other-world antagonists ended in the same rout.}}
* In the 1966 ''[[Batman]]'' movie, the entire world waits to see whether Batman and Robin can rehydrate the [[Expies]] of the United Nations Security Council. "Success, success! They've done it! They've done it!"
* ''[[BAS EketballBaseketball]]'' features a montage with countries all over the world tuning in to the sport as it becomes more popular.
* In [[Lord of the Rings|The Fellowship of the Ring]], the shots of all of the free peoples of Middle-Earth showing up for the Council of Elrond might qualify.
* ''[[Bill and Ted|Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey]]'' has people around the world watching the Battle of the Bands on TV.
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== Film - Animated ==
* In ''[[Cloudy Withwith a Chance of Meatballs]]'', first we see various nations watching Sam's weather report about the warning of the coming food storm, and toward the end there's a montage of the mayhem it caused.
* ''[[Monsters vs. Aliens]]'' does it when Gallaxhar transmits his "[[I Come in Peace]]/All of you will die" message via [[Huge Holographic Head]].
 
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== Live-Action TV ==
* The 2009 ''[[V-2009|V]]'' showed all the nations of the world watching the Visitors' greeting message, each in their own language.
* Done a few times in the revived ''[[Doctor Who (TV)|Doctor Who]]''. The Taj Mahal often seems to stand in for "the rest of the world".
 
 
== Music Video ==
* A subversion appears in the [[Rammstein (Music)|Rammstein]] music video for ''Amerika''. Various cultures all over the world are seen watching the "moon landing" and showing [[We All Live in America|stereotypically American traits along with their own stereotypes]].
 
 
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== Newspaper Comics ==
* The very first installment of ''[[Flash Gordon (Comiccomic Stripstrip)|Flash Gordon]]'' kicks off with shots of people all over the world panicking because of the impending collision with planet Mongo.
 
 
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== Web Original ==
* Parodied with Obama's inauguration in [http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/specials/3828-did-obamas-inauguration-go-to-far this video] from [[That Guy With theThe Glasses]].
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlfKdbWwruY Where The Hell Is Matt?]
 
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