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== Fan Fics ==
* In [[The Tainted Grimoire (Fanfic)|The Tainted Grimoire]], The climax of the St. Galleria arc takes place at a major wedding.
 
 
== [[Film]] ==
* The climax of ''[[The Last Boy Scout]]'' takes place during a big American Football game (possibly the Super Bowl). A US Senator is the target; slight twist, in that he's a corrupt senator who the Big Bad is targeting because he asked for too much bribe money.
* ''[[Foul Play (Filmfilm)|Foul Play]]'' takes place during a performance of The Mikado, and features [[The Pope]] as the assassination target.
* The ''[[Get Smart (Filmfilm)|Get Smart]]'' movie takes place during a performance of [[Ludwig Van Beethoven|Beethoven]]. The target is the President of the United States, and in a little bit of overkill, the terrorists intend to detonate a nuclear device at the end of the performance. (And yes, the bomb is in the piano.)
* Played for laughs in the ''[[Police Squad!|Naked Gun]]'' movies; the first movie takes place during a baseball game, where the target is Queen Elizabeth II, whereas the third takes place during the Oscars, where the target is a bunch of random celebrities.
* ''[[Galaxy Quest (Film)|Galaxy Quest]]'' features the heroes arriving at a science fiction convention in a space ship, which crashes through the wall. And then Jason finally gets rid of the [[Big Bad]] and kisses Gwen - much to the appreciation of the audience, who think it's [[All Part of the Show]].
* Not quite an action movie, but the ending of ''[[The Godfather (Film)|The Godfather]] 3'' takes place at an opera and involves an assassination attempt. {{spoiler|The target is a mob boss who survives, but his beloved daughter is killed.}}
* The ending of ''[[Strange Days]]'' takes place during the Los Angeles New Year's Eve 2000 street celebrations.
* ''[[Sister Act]]'' ends with the choir performing for a packed church and, yes, [[The Pope]].
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* An episode of ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' features a more low-key version, where the [[Monster of the Week]] is revealed to have been taking part in the school's talent night, and the final fight takes place just before it opens. When the curtain is risen, revealing beheaded demon and all, there's no pause, just a slightly confused silence:
{{quote| '''Principal Snyder''':... I don't get it. What is this, avant garde?}}
* [[Married... Withwith Children]]. Target: the new scoreboard that was supposed to be dedicated to Al, and which Marcy managed to get renamed for Terry Bradshaw. Bud and Jefferson blew it up (and Al) at the designated signal (a cymbal crash); unfortunately, Mr. Bradshaw had already arranged for it to be named for Al again.
* In the [[Grand Finale]] of ''[[Chuck]]'', the [[Big Bad]] needs to steal something from [[Reasonable Authority Figure|General Beckman]], who is at a packed concert hall to see an orchestra perform. To keep Beckman from following, he plants [[Incredibly Obvious Bomb|a sound-and-pressure-sensitive bomb]] under her chair that will blow up if she stands and will blow up when the performance finishes. The heroes arrive, [[Race Against the Clock|but they need more time to disarm the bomb]] and the orchestra are moments from finishing. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=quNdlFN3QlE Who can possibly save the day?].
{{quote| '''Casey''': ...we're doomed.}}
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* The opera in ''[[Final Fantasy VI (Video Game)|Final Fantasy VI]]''.
* The play in ''[[Final Fantasy IX (Video Game)|Final Fantasy IX]]''.
* The opera in ''[[Gabriel Knight (Video Game)|Gabriel Knight]] 2''.
* The finale of Dark Carnival in ''[[Left 4 Dead 2]]'' takes place at an abandoned stadium, where the fictional band the Midnight Riders were scheduled to play. Intense pyrotechnics and pre-recorded songs included.
 
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* ''[[Basquash]]!'' builds up [[Idol Singer|Eclipse]]'s final concert, and Dan and company, taking Citron's hint, crash it. Like with most things in the show, a giant robot basketball match breaks out. {{spoiler|Rouge gets her memories back and something happens with the moon.}}
* '' [[Blood Plus]]'' has elements of this trope, with {{spoiler|the final confrontation between Saya and Diva at NYC's Metropolitan Opera.}}
* In the sorta climax of ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler (Manga)|Hayate the Combat Butler]]'s'' arc just shy of chapter 300, Hayate is at the concert of an idol singer and a person after a picture Hayate has attacks behind the scenes. Hayate finally finds out what they're looking for, and willingly hands it over, but the robots they summoned to force his hand (which were entirely unnecessary as they find out) aren't listening, so Hayate still has to fight it, ending up breaking onto the stage before defeating it.
 
 
== [[Literature]] ==
* The [[Alternate History]] novel ''[[Small Change (Literature)|Ha'penny]]'', by [[Jo Walton]], is about a plot to kill Hitler and the British Prime Minister while they're at a production of ''[[Hamlet]]''.
* Of all things, ''[[The Illuminatus Trilogy]]'' ends during a massive concert in Eastern Europe.
* In the climax to ''[[Quo Vadis]]'', the persecution of Christians by Nero leads to Ursus fighting a bull, on which Lygia is tied, as part of a gladiatorial event. Lygia's love interest, Vinicius, watches in horror, fearing for her. Ursus kills the bull, rescues Lygia, and Vinicius rushes down and appeals to the crowd and emperor for the thumbs up.
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* Jason Biggs sweeps Allyson Hannigan off her feet during her flute solo in ''[[American Pie]] 2''
{{quote| Fan: "Let's hear it for Petey!"}}
* ''[[Nick and NorahsNorah's Infinite Playlist]]'' {{spoiler|subverts it since the title characters reach the secret concert every hipster in NYC has been looking for at the end, but leave just as it (the concert) starts}}.
* Johnny Cash interrupts ''his own'' concert to propose to June Carter on stage in ''[[Walk the Line]]''. Which is actually how he did it.
 
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