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* In ''[[The Producers]]'', during the auditions for Max's intended flop play, LSD gives a heartfelt performance of a song called Love Power (which first appeared in this movie), and towards the end of the song there is a speech that says peace is better than war. After the song {{quote|'''That's our Hitler!'''|Max Bialystock}}▼
* Disney movies, especially of the [[Disney Animated Canon]] or [[Pixar]] variety, tend to have a considerable amount of this.
** [[Pixar]], especially in recent years, often applies this trope, and are able to pull it off well, more importantly. Case in Point: ''[[WALL-E]]'', ''[[Up (animation)|Up]]'', and ''[[Toy Story (franchise)||Toy Story 3]]''
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* ''[[The Poker House]]'' has quite a few examples of this. The most notable is the rollercoaster of a third act, wherein the the main character {{spoiler|gets [[Rape as Drama|raped]], then [[It Got Worse|verbally abused]], then [[Down to the Last Play|sets a record at a basketball game]], then [[Heroic BSOD|breaks down sobbing in the car]], then [[Earn Your Happy Ending|sings along with her two sisters to "Ain't No Mountain High Enough"]]}}. [[Mood Whiplash]] indeed.
* ''[[The Godfather]]'' uses this extensively for dramatic impact, snapping from violence to peacefully pastoral scenes, and vice versa, culminating in a series of murders intercut with a baptism.
▲* In ''[[The Producers]]'', during the auditions for Max's intended flop play, LSD gives a heartfelt performance of a song called "Love Power" (which first appeared in this movie), and towards the end of the song there is a speech that says peace is better than war. After the song
{{quote|'''That's our Hitler!'''|Max Bialystock}}
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