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* The saxophone is [[Ms. Fanservice|Rouge's]] [[Leitmotif]] in both the Japanese version and the 4Kids dub of ''[[Sonic X]]''.
* The saxophone is [[Ms. Fanservice|Rouge's]] [[Leitmotif]] in both the Japanese version and the 4Kids dub of ''[[Sonic X]]''.
* ''[[Kimagure Orange Road]]'''s Madoka Ayukawa plays one mean sax. She is, of course, the more mature leg of the [[Love Triangle]].
* ''[[Kimagure Orange Road]]'''s Madoka Ayukawa plays one mean sax. She is, of course, the more mature leg of the [[Love Triangle]].
* ''[[To Aru Kagaku no Railgun]]'': Kuroko attempts to trick Misaka into drinking out of a thermos laced with aphrodisiacs, but ends up dosing herself instead. Ten seconds later, the sax is playing on the soundtrack as she desperately tries to convince Misaka to change into her swimsuit while they clean the pool.
* ''[[A Certain Scientific Railgun]]'': Kuroko attempts to trick Misaka into drinking out of a thermos laced with aphrodisiacs, but ends up dosing herself instead. Ten seconds later, the sax is playing on the soundtrack as she desperately tries to convince Misaka to change into her swimsuit while they clean the pool.
* Played when Esmeraude first appears in ''[[Sailor Moon]]''
* Played when Esmeraude first appears in ''[[Sailor Moon]]''
* In the ''[[Ah! My Goddess]]'' OAV series, Urd's first appearance is accompanied by a song titled [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeN8v8tzMww "Sexy Dynamite"].
* In the ''[[Ah! My Goddess]]'' OAV series, Urd's first appearance is accompanied by a song titled [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeN8v8tzMww "Sexy Dynamite"].
* ''[[One Piece]]'': Features heavily in Nico Robin's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR-Ks3h2Zzw theme.]
* ''[[One Piece]]'': Features heavily in Nico Robin's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR-Ks3h2Zzw theme.]
** This type of music also plays in the background when [[The Vamp|Kalifa]] seduces Sanji.
** This type of music also plays in the background when [[The Vamp|Kalifa]] seduces Sanji.



== Film ==
== Film ==
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* Played with, along with [[Feet First Introduction]], with a trombone in ''[[Airplane!]]''. Turns out the owner of the sexy legs is ''playing'' it.
* Played with, along with [[Feet First Introduction]], with a trombone in ''[[Airplane!]]''. Turns out the owner of the sexy legs is ''playing'' it.
* A [[Running Gag]] in ''[[Fatal Instinct]]''; the [[Femme Fatale]] is always accompanied by a steamy sax tune because a professional sax player follows her around, providing her with a theme tune while hiding in hallways, closets, even in her bed.
* A [[Running Gag]] in ''[[Fatal Instinct]]''; the [[Femme Fatale]] is always accompanied by a steamy sax tune because a professional sax player follows her around, providing her with a theme tune while hiding in hallways, closets, even in her bed.



== Literature ==
== Literature ==
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* [[Playing with a Trope|Played with]] in [[Douglas Adams]]' ''The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul'':
* [[Playing with a Trope|Played with]] in [[Douglas Adams]]' ''The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul'':
{{quote|"There emerged from the car a pair of [[She's Got Legs|the sort of legs]] which soundtrack editors are unable to see without needing to slap a smoky saxophone solo all over, for reasons which no one besides soundtrack editors has ever been able to understand. In this particular case, however, the saxophone would have been silenced by the proximity of the kazoo which the same soundtrack editor would almost certainly have slapped all over [[The Alleged Car|the progress of the vehicle]]."}}
{{quote|"There emerged from the car a pair of [[She's Got Legs|the sort of legs]] which soundtrack editors are unable to see without needing to slap a smoky saxophone solo all over, for reasons which no one besides soundtrack editors has ever been able to understand. In this particular case, however, the saxophone would have been silenced by the proximity of the kazoo which the same soundtrack editor would almost certainly have slapped all over [[The Alleged Car|the progress of the vehicle]]."}}



== Live-Action TV ==
== Live-Action TV ==
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* ''[[The Munsters]]'' used this at least once, when Grampa's latest invention turned Herman [[Gender Bender|into a woman]].
* ''[[The Munsters]]'' used this at least once, when Grampa's latest invention turned Herman [[Gender Bender|into a woman]].
* In ''[[Flower Boy Ramyun Shop]]'' a sexy saxophone tune plays when Eun Bi pulls Chi Soo in for a kiss, as she was playing his own game (of seducing people because he can and then dropping them) against him.
* In ''[[Flower Boy Ramyun Shop]]'' a sexy saxophone tune plays when Eun Bi pulls Chi Soo in for a kiss, as she was playing his own game (of seducing people because he can and then dropping them) against him.

== Other ==
* Lampshaded by Ben and Kerry of 2funnybastards.com and Hamilton, Ontario's Y108: "What is Kenny G. doing in everyone's bedroom ever?"
* In [[Code Geass the Abridged Series]], Kallen's shower-phone call has "extremely suggestive jazz music" playing.
* Variation: among the traits of [[Bill Clinton]] that get played up in comedy are his saxophone playing and [[Handsome Lech]] tendencies.
** And then there's that one time he was [https://web.archive.org/web/20130222185947/http://clinton6.nara.gov/1994/01/1994-01-09-presidents-remarks-to-foreign-service-staffs-brussels.html given a saxophone by the mayor of Adolphe Sax's hometown] where the mayor (clearly not a native speaker of English) uttered the phrase "[[Accidental Innuendo|instrument of Sax]]".
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121109075022/http://koti.phnet.fi/santamik/sexophone.swf This.] Warning: [[Ear Worm]]!
** Also, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaoLU6zKaws this.]
*** You must mean Epicaphone
* The background music in ''[[The Spoony Experiment|Spooning With Spoony]]''
* In a rare male version, this was the theme music for [[Wrestling Doesn't Pay|wrestling porn star]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glfLBRdw1eU Val Venis].



== Theater ==
== Theater ==
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* All over the place in ''[[City of Angels (musical)|City of Angels]]''.
* All over the place in ''[[City of Angels (musical)|City of Angels]]''.


== Video Games ==

== Videogames ==
* Spoofed in ''[[Mother 3]]'', as it is the [[Leitmotif]] of the [[Flamboyant Gay|not-quite-so-sexy]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0xaZxMZGUE Magypsies]. The saxophone there had a weird, reverberated, distorted kind of sound to it.
* Spoofed in ''[[Mother 3]]'', as it is the [[Leitmotif]] of the [[Flamboyant Gay|not-quite-so-sexy]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u0xaZxMZGUE Magypsies]. The saxophone there had a weird, reverberated, distorted kind of sound to it.
** Later on in the game, it even serves as {{spoiler|a [[Musical Spoiler]] as to the true identity of Fassad as Locria, the seventh Magypsy}}.
** Later on in the game, it even serves as {{spoiler|a [[Musical Spoiler]] as to the true identity of Fassad as Locria, the seventh Magypsy}}.
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* Martine's theme in ''[[The 7th Guest]]''
* Martine's theme in ''[[The 7th Guest]]''
* Candi's theme in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''
* Candi's theme in ''[[Donkey Kong 64]]''



== Western Animation ==
== Western Animation ==
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* In the ''[[Darkwing Duck (animation)|Darkwing Duck]]'' episode, ''Beauty and the Beet'', this is used for [[Hot Scientist]] Rhoda Dendron.
* In the ''[[Darkwing Duck (animation)|Darkwing Duck]]'' episode, ''Beauty and the Beet'', this is used for [[Hot Scientist]] Rhoda Dendron.
* One would occasionally be played for Rosie O'Gravy from ''[[Dog City]]''. Specifically whenever Ace Hart has an internal monologue in which he thinks fondly of her. Given the animated segments of the series parody classic detective stories, this is perhaps not surprising.
* One would occasionally be played for Rosie O'Gravy from ''[[Dog City]]''. Specifically whenever Ace Hart has an internal monologue in which he thinks fondly of her. Given the animated segments of the series parody classic detective stories, this is perhaps not surprising.

== Other ==
* Lampshaded by Ben and Kerry of 2funnybastards.com and Hamilton, Ontario's Y108: "What is Kenny G. doing in everyone's bedroom ever?"
* In [[Code Geass the Abridged Series]], Kallen's shower-phone call has "extremely suggestive jazz music" playing.
* Variation: among the traits of [[Bill Clinton]] that get played up in comedy are his saxophone playing and [[Handsome Lech]] tendencies.
** And then there's that one time he was [https://web.archive.org/web/20130222185947/http://clinton6.nara.gov/1994/01/1994-01-09-presidents-remarks-to-foreign-service-staffs-brussels.html given a saxophone by the mayor of Adolphe Sax's hometown] where the mayor (clearly not a native speaker of English) uttered the phrase "[[Accidental Innuendo|instrument of Sax]]".
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121109075022/http://koti.phnet.fi/santamik/sexophone.swf This.] Warning: [[Ear Worm]]!
** Also, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GaoLU6zKaws this.]
*** You must mean Epicaphone
* The background music in ''[[The Spoony Experiment|Spooning With Spoony]]''
* In a rare male version, this was the theme music for [[Wrestling Doesn't Pay|wrestling porn star]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glfLBRdw1eU Val Venis].


== Real Life ==
== Real Life ==