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While the rhythm is flexible, and the words change, it's always the same tune.
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== Anime & Manga ==
* In [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M27yK34I2d4 "Is It A Break?"] from the ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]'' soundtrack, the "shave and a haircut" melody can be heard at about 55 seconds in.
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* ''[[Ace Ventura]]'' used this in the [[Animated Adaptation]]: He suspects he's being followed and does the "Shave and Haircut" on his car, since the other car responded with the two bits, he knows he's being followed.
* Del Griffith clears his throat to this tune in ''Planes, Trains and Automobiles''.
* Used in ''[[Ferris Bueller's Day Off|Ferris Buellers Day Off]]'' when a florist delivers flowers to Ferris's house, where Mr. Rooney is. The florist honks the "shave and a haircut" but. Mr. Rooney [[Flipping the Bird|flips the bird]] in lieu of the 'two bits'.
* This tune shows up in ''[[You've Got Mail]]'' at the end of the scene where Joe and Kathleen meet (physically) for the first time.
* In the scene in ''[[Forrest Gump]]'' where Forrest goes on ''Captain Kangaroo'', Forrest has recently played ping-pong in China. As Forrest enters the studio, the (in-movie) band plays a jingle starting with an asian-sounding tune and ending with Shave and a haircut.
* In a scene in ''[[Spy Kids]]'', Juni accidentally handcuffs himself to a metal lunchbox. He walks away from Carmen, trying to shake it off, and the soundtrack drum plays "Shave and a Haircut". Juni responds with "two bits" by smashing the lunchbox into the wall, and the lunchbox rebounds and slams into his head.