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See also [[Silly Song]], where the characters don't even try to justify the singing.
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== Anime ==
* In the [[Hilarious Outtakes]] of the ''[[Berserk]]'' dub, Griffith's voice actor has a tendency to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXYiFFM7WH4 burst into song]. Strangely enough they somehow fit the situation.
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== [[Radio]] ==
* Parodied in ''[[Mitch Benn]]'s Crimes Against Music''; Robin Ince either [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] the silliness of his asking whether Mitch has a song about this week's topic, or just asks the question with so much sarcasm it amounts to the same thing.
* Parodied by [[Stan Freberg (Creator)]]'s ''Omaha!'', a commercial for Butter-Nut Coffee that goes on for longer than six minutes because the characters keep preempting the pitch with irrelevant songs about their favorite Nebraska city.
* Lampshaded in an episode of [[I'm Sorry,
{{quote| '''Bill:''' Thank you, thank you! You're my kind of people!<br />
'''Crowd:''' What kind of people?<br />
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* ''[[Alvin and The Chipmunks|The Chipmunk Adventure]]'' had the three main boys as baits for a group of alligators at a volcano on a tropical island. Suddenly, the boys start singing "Wooly Bully" to entertain the natives and alligators as the [[Distaff Counterparts|Chipettes]] arrive for the rescue.
** Never mind the [[Fetish Fuel|infamous]] "Gettin' Lucky" scene...
* The very strange [[Hanna
{{quote| "I Can TALK! Just like all the other animals! Let me sing about it for three whole minutes!!!"}}
** Well, he ''was'' a baby at the time. Remember how much fun ''you'' had making noise when you suddenly realized you were capable of speech. True of many other animals, too.
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** ''[[Mickey Donald Goofy the Three Musketeers]]'' had a singing turtle as a narrator, who found any excuse to introduce a musical number into the story. The hero just made the princess laugh -- time for a song! Pete is happy -- time for a [[Villain Song]]! [[Happy Ending]] -- One more song! [[That Reminds Me of a Song]] is practically his [[Catch Phrase]].
** We all know someone who feels "Human Again" from ''[[Beauty and The Beast (Disney)|Beauty and The Beast]]'' and "Morning Report" from ''[[The Lion King]]'' were un-needed additions to their respective films, since the movies didn't have them originally. They aren't terrible songs, nor ''completely'' irrelevant (they're both in the stage versions of the respective movies, too). Neither of them exactly advanced the plot or provided much if any character development, but both were intended to be in the original production (and are in the Special Editions). Ditto with ''[[Pocahontas (Disney)|Pocahontas]]''' "If I Never Knew You", which does almost nothing but just be the love song for the film.
* In ''[[Yellow Submarine]]'', there is at least an excuse: [[The Beatles]] need to use [[The Power of Rock]] to defeat the [[Card
* There's a strange scene in ''[[The Jetsons]]'' movie where Judy and her [[Green
* "Silver and Gold" from the classic ''[[Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer]]'' [[Christmas Special]] qualifies, as it has almost nothing to do with the story, or with the character (Yukon Cornelius) that inspired the narrator (Sam the snowman voiced by Burl Ives) to sing it.
* ''[[Gay Purr-ee]]'' is an animated musical by UPA, and in it the two lead characters are voiced by [[Judy Garland]] and Robert Goulet. You'd better ''believe'' it suffers hard from this trope.
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'''Rocko''': [[Lampshade Hanging|It's going to be a song, isn't it?]] }}
* Parodied as part of an [[Overly Long Gag]] on [[Family Guy]], when a stadium full of football players and fans sang the song "Shipoopi" ''in its entirety''. [[Subverted Trope|It actually advances the plot]] when it gets Peter kicked off the team for showboating.
* Appears in the various incarnations of ''[[My Little Pony]]''; the most recent series, ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|Friendship Is Magic]]'', actually [[Averted Trope|averts]] the previous trend of having the ponies burst into song [[Once Per Episode]]. Thus far, [[Cloudcuckoolander]] Pinkie Pie appears to be the designated song starter, and had this [[Lampshaded]] with her first cue:
{{quote| '''Pinkie Pie''': ''When I was a little filly and the sun was going do-o-o-own...''<br />
'''Twilight Sparkle''': Tell me she's not...<br />
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* The intensely weird [[Raggedy Ann and Andy A Musical Adventure]] is [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|very appropriately named]]. Everything gets a song in this movie. ''The question "Who are you?" gets a song in this movie''.
* Parodied in the [[Phineas and Ferb]] episode [[The Wizard of Oz|"The Wizard of Odd"]]. Coming upon Buford the Lion-Tiger-Bear (oh my!), this exchange occurs:
{{quote| '''Buford''': Although, that does remind me of a song. '''[["I Want" Song|I WAAAAANNNNNNNNTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT]]'''....[[Averted Trope|nuthin']].<br />
'''Candace''': Well, at least it was short. }}
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