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[[Truth in Television]], though usually with lower production values. See also [[Mickey Mousing]].

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* "The Work Song" in ''Cinderella'' is actually sung by the mice and not Cinderella herself, while the make her first party dress (the one that is later destroyed). Cinderella did sing a song while she worked ("Sing Sweet Nightingale") but it wasn't about work - she was just singing along while her ugly sisters got a music lesson upstairs and did a much better job of it whilst cleaning the floor. "The Work Song" had an earlier version which was to be sung by Cinderella but it was reworked into the mouse version.

** Parodied on ''[[The Simpsons]]''' [[Whole-Plot Reference|"Sherry Bobbins"]] episode, with 'Cut Every Corner':

{{quote|''If you cut every corner it is really not so bad;

* ''[[Sleeping Beauty (Disney film)|Sleeping Beauty]]'': The Good Fairies do some chanting and singing while using their magic to set up for Briar Rose's birthday party. The whole sequence is set to (instrumental) music which is called "Three Good Fairies Sing a Smiling Song" on the soundtrack.

** On a different release of the soundtrack, this music is called "Magical House Cleaning - Blue or Pink."

* <s>"Laundry Day"</s> "Freeze Ray" from [[Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog]] combines this with an [["I Want" Song]], as he encounters his crush, Penny at a laundromat.

* Although not (yet) appearing in a musical or film, De Staat's "Sweatshop" is obviously some kind of send-up of this trope.

* ''[[The Secret of Roan Inish]]'' has chores done to a song on the soundtrack.

* "The Well That Divides Life and Death" from [[Sound Horizon]]'s ''Märchen'' is based on the [[Fairy Tale]] of [[wikipedia:Mother Hulda|Mother Hulda]]'', and thus spends a good deal of time focusing on the hard-working girl's, well, work.