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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 name of this trope is a reference to [
If played for laughs, expect it to be accompanied with a [[Record Needle Scratch]] or a [[Letting the Air Out of The Band|fading to bass]] or even a duck call for extra humiliation.
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* ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' features this in episode 25.
** Episode 3 as well, to some extent: Viral launches a volley of missiles at the Gurren Lagann and the battle music immediately goes silent even though the GL is barely damaged ({{spoiler|it was a distraction for Viral to get lost}}).
** Episode 8 ''subverted'' this: {{spoiler|Kamina is caught by Thymilph's spear}} and screams his head off. Cue the sad music and his teammates going [[Mass "Oh Crap"]]... until he turns out to be alive. {{spoiler|For another five minutes}}.
* ''[[Hajime no Ippo]]'' does it in Ippo's Title fight against Date.
* ''[[One Piece]]'' does this a few times, particularly with Usopp.
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** One notable serious example is in episode 26 of the first series, during Myotismon's first confrontation of the Digi-Destined. All of the Digi-Destined's Digimon attack Myotismon as "Brave Heart" plays. This music abruptly stops when Ikkakumon's Harpoon attack hits Myotismon and creates an explosion, seemingly taking him out, only for Myotismon to jump out of the cloud of dust and saying "Do you think you've won?", before proceeding to beat up the Digi-Destined's Digimon.
** The second Digimon movie, ''Our War Game'', has another serious example. "Brave Heart" starts playing as Agumon and Gabumon Warp Evolve into War Greymon and Metal Garurumon. When Infermon evolves into Diablomon and attacks Patamon and Tentomon as it's evolving, the music cuts out. When the two Ultimates/Megas go on a [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]], the music picks back up, only to start skipping on "show me your brave heart", signaling the connection's lag and War Greymon's weakening before it completely cuts out when Taichi crashes the computer.
* Played with in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha As]]''. During her first battle with the [[Quirky Miniboss Squad|Wolkenritter]], Nanoha is trying to use [[Wave Motion Gun|Starlight Breaker]] to open the way for reinforcements for her friends. During the charging, the music plays to the fullest... until [[Body Horror|a certain hand rises from her chest]], [[Game
* ''[[Pokémon (Anime)|Pokémon]]'' does this occasionally, for example during Ash's final battle against Brandon when Charizard loses against Dusclops.
** The most notable example is in the Japanese version, when "Mezase Pokémon Master" plays during Ash and Pikachu's battle against Gary and his Electivire, when this song gets abruptly interrupted when Gary's Electivire suddenly uses Protect to defend against a Volt Tackle from Pikachu, before taking it out with a Thunder Punch.
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* In ''[[Heartcatch Precure]]'', Cure Blossom and Cure Marine decide to confuse the [[Monster of the Week|Desertian of the Week]] by running around it in circles really fast. At first, Cobraja, the one who made it, seems concerned... until he looks ahead as the music comes to a droning halt as Blossom and Marine have slowed down, eyes swirling and admitting that was a dumb idea.
* Episode 55 of ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' Brotherhood: {{spoiler|Fuhrer Bradley is MIA after his train blew up, the good guys have taken over the enemy stronghold, and everyone congratulates each other over their victory as uplifting music plays in the background. Then Bradley calls, announcing his return. Cue music cut and collective [[Oh Crap]] from ''everyone''.}}
* The [[Wham! Episode|very well known third episode of]] ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'': {{spoiler|Mami was fighting quite joyously, all in the tune of her [[Leitmotif]] Credens Justitiam. She unleashed her Tiro Finale to the witch... Cue the witch revealing her [[One-Winged Angel]] form and proceeds to chomp on Mami's head and killed her off. The music stops by the way.}}
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