Sudden Musical Ending: Difference between revisions

{{quote|If there's one thing to learn, it's you just can't go wrong,

If you follow your heart, and end with a song.

 

A film, despite not previously having been a musical, ends with a [[Crowd Song]] (possibly a traditional musical number, more likely lip-synced to an existing recording) involving a significant portion of the cast without regard for the previous relationships (or even physical locations) of the characters involved. American examples are possibly derived from the straightforward (over)use of this trope in Euro cinema.

Frequently overlaps with [[Dance Party Ending]]. Probably related to [[Non Sequitur Scene]] and to [[Gainax Ending]]. Contrast with [[Dancing Is Serious Business]].

 

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== Film -- Animation ==

* The recent animated movie of ''[[Horton Hears a Who!]]'' has all the characters break into ''Can't Fight This Feeling'' at the end. According to the [[DVD Commentary]], this was because they wanted to avoid a [[Bittersweet Ending]] where Horton has to leave Whoville behind and never talk to the mayor again, and that's all they could think of.

* At the end of [[Open Season]] 2, everyone begins to sing "Close To You" after the wild animals and pets settle their differences and become friends.

 

== Film -- Live Action ==

* [[Kenneth Branagh]]'s 1993 film of ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]'' ends with virtually the entire cast singing and dancing to a song which made a couple of brief appearances earlier in the movie. [[In-Universe]], they're celebrating the wedding of Claudio and Hero.

 

* ''[[Skins]]'' series one ends on a performance of "Wild World" sung by Sid, Tony, Chris, Angie, a few guys in the toilet, and a bus driver.

** The American remake ends with Stanley leading a performance of "Shout" on stage at a club.

* The hundredth episode of ''[[How I Met Your Mother]]'' ends with an unexpected musical number about Barney and his suits.

* An episode of ''[[30 Rock]]'' featuring numerous references to Gladys Knight sees Kenneth deciding to go home to Georgia. By rail. Around 12ish. Most of the cast burst into song at the end of the episode... until Gladys Knight finally shows up, just to tell them to cut it out.

 

== Video Games ==

* ''[[Limbo of the Lost]]'' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URcvdDtnM_0 does this] extremely narmfully.

* ''[[Plants vs. Zombies]]'' ends with the zombies deciding they don't want to eat your brain after all, they just want to make a music video. (The song may [[Ear Worm|eat your brain]] anyway.)

 

== Web Original ==

[[Category:Musical Number Index]]

[[Category:Music Tropes]]

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