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[[The Hero]] is squaring off with the [[Big Bad]]. His [[Theme Music Power-Up|theme song]] picks up and all doubts are cast out of your mind as he moves in to attack. Some ass kicking is [[Musical Spoiler|GUARANTEED]] once that starts playing. But all of a sudden... No! The hero is soundly defeated! It looked like such a sure thing! It looks like today is The Day the Music Lied.
[[The Hero]] is squaring off with the [[Big Bad]]. His [[Theme Music Power-Up|theme song]] picks up and all doubts are cast out of your mind as he moves in to attack. Some ass kicking is [[Musical Spoiler|GUARANTEED]] once that starts playing. But all of a sudden... No! The hero is soundly defeated! It looked like such a sure thing! It looks like today is '''The Day the Music Lied'''.


The name of this trope is a reference to [[wikipedia:The Day the Music Died|The Day the Music Died]], as recounted by Don McLean in the 1971 song "American Pie".
The name of this trope is a reference to [[wikipedia:The Day the Music Died|The Day the Music Died]], as recounted by Don McLean in the 1971 song "American Pie".