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This trope most often occurs when a composer wrote a really keen song. Or if there is a big star in the movie who must have a solo. Or the director has a favorite song that he wants to put in the movie. Unfortunately, there is really no way to inject the song into the story in the traditional "burst into song" way. So, the writer often gives us the immortal line "That reminds me of a song," or something similar and the character sits down at a piano or hops up on the stage to sing a little ditty that has....'''no''' plot significance whatsoever. ("Let's rehearse the ___ number" or "Let's film our music video" or "Let's dance to ___" and then doing exactly that are also popular.)
At its most basic, this is a song sung [[
In Indian film, an upbeat song that has no relation to the plot is called an [[Item number|Item Number]].
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== [[Web Original]] ==
* Mocked by [[The Nostalgia Critic]] in his review of ''[[Rock-a-Doodle]]'' (which in itself is guilty of this) with a brief sendup of this phenomenon: "I'm tal-king! / I'm tal-king! / I'm drin-king / my cof-fee!"
** Critic later performs one himself in his [[Judge Dredd]] review, complete with ''can-can dancers in Judge Dredd helmets'': [
** He shows disdain for the endless singing in ''[[Quest for Camelot]]''. As he said, does everyone in the movie ''have'' to sing? And why sing when you're in pain?
** Hell, in his later review for ''The Pebble and the Penguin'' , he attempted suicide after one too many pointless musical numbers.
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