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* ''[[August Rush]]'' has this a lot. It's used to indicate that August is so highly musical that either he only hears what fits the rhythm he's thinking about, or the world itself rhythmizes around him.
* Multiple times in ''[[Pinocchio]]'' with the cuckoo clocks and the music boxes.
* "Little April Showers" from ''[[
* "Trashing the Camp" from ''[[Tarzan]]'' is basically a Stomp number...[[In Space|with]] [[Everything's Better
** And an elephant.
* ''[[Zatoichi]]'' has the farmer scene.
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== [[Literature]] ==
* In ''[[Little House
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
* ''The Song of the Cloud Forest'' from ''[[
* Tyres from the [[Britcom]] ''[[Spaced]]'' is a such a raver, he hears random enviromental noises as rave music, resulting at one point to him dancing to the beeping of a pedestrian crossing. On another occasion, he starts building up a [[Serendipitous Symphony]], but Tim deliberately gets rid of the noises to stop him.
* Nickelodeon used to run a series of shorts called ''The Space Between Mr. Frear's Ears'', which consisted entirely of this trope.
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** In another episode, JD came to work wearing headphones and musing on how things [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arPNf6aXAYI seemed to go together with his music,] including Doug trying to revive someone he'd killed, nurses handing clipboards back and forth, and the [[Almighty Janitor|janitor]] sweeping, up to Dr. Kelso pulling his headphones off while asking the question that was the last words of the song, "Are you having a good time?" and yelling at him some for daydreaming. As JD walks away, the Janitor is singing the same song to himself.
* The ''[[Cheers]]'' gang [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR6ICOyOnEY burst into a spontaneous rendition] of "We Will Rock You" by [[Queen]] as a result of Norm tapping his pencil.
* ''[[Wings (TV series)|Wings]]'' has a moment where everybody is bored because the airport is fogged in. Antonio is clinking his spoon in a coffee mug, Joe is noodling on a guitar, and Brian is flipping through a magazine. Then Lowell starts sanding the door frame nearby. His rhythmic sanding coincides with Antonio's clinking beat. Suddenly Brian starts scatting, and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1dWkr2s6L8&feature=more_related they're doing a full-on Bossanova number.] Eventually they realize what's happened and pause——before continuing right on with the music.
* Happened in a 10th-season episode of ''[[Top Gear]]'', when the crew start comparing the various noises given off by their [[The Alleged Car|British Leyland cars]]. The various squeaks, rattles and clunks soon turn into a musical number...
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* ''[[
* In the ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]'' episode "Dude, We're Getting The Band Back Together!", one of these in a library, of all places, kicks off the number "Ain't Got Rhythm".
** Our heroes try to start one of these while cleaning a bathroom with toothbrushes in "Phineas and Ferb Get Busted", but then the [[Drill Sergeant Nasty]] yells "And no funky rhythms!"
* In the ''[[The Simpsons|Simpsons]]'' episode "Hurricane Neddy", a hurricane blows into a harmonica shop, creating a pleasing melody. The same thing then occurs with an adjacent harpsichord shop, resulting only in a discordant thunk.
** In "Homey The Clown", Homer rides his unicycle along a bar, with wine glasses striking his head. The notes produced by these glasses form the opening bars of the ''[[The Godfather
== [[Real Life]] ==
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