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{{quote|''"When the dog bites, when the bee stings,

{{quote|''"When the dog bites, when the bee stings,''

''When I'm feeling sad,

''When I'm feeling sad,''

''I think of a few of my favorite things,

''I think of a few of my favorite things,''

''And then I don't feel so bad."''

|''[[The Sound of Music]]'', "My Favorite Things."}}

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* The [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|Gurren-dan]] does this whenever they think of, remember, or quote Kamina. Same for the public: thinking of or playing [[Crowning Music of Awesome|Libera Me From Hell or even Rap is a Man's Soul]] always makes you feel like you could do ANYTHING.

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180112020043/http://www.onemanga.com/D.Gray-Man/110/09/ This] is [[D.Gray-man|Allen Walker's]] advice to Chaozii, who is on the brink of a (completely justified) mental breakdown. Allen has obviously had a lot of practice.

== Comedy ==

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* Parodied in Eddie Lawrence's comic monologue "The Old Philosopher" (you'll find it on one of the Dr Demento compilation CDs), where the narrator describes an escalating (and ultimately fatal) series of hypothetical disasters that can be overcome, or at least temporarily forgotten, with a positive attitude. {{spoiler|Then he [[Driven to Suicide|apparently shoots himself]] at the end of the recording.}}

== [[Comic Books]] ==

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* In ''[[Who Cut the Cheese?]]'' by Stilton Jarlsberg, Ho comforts himself during his starvation by thinking about his weight loss and the clearing up of his skin and breath conditions.

== [[Live Action TV]] ==

== [[Live-Action TV]] ==

* In the ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' episode covering ''[[Red Zone Cuba]]'', the movie is so bad that Mike and the 'bots try to cheer themselves up with a [http://mst3k.wikia.com/wiki/Bouncy_Upbeat_Song Bouncy Upbeat Song].

* On ''[[Lost]]'', Charlie compiles a list of these in the episode "Greatest Hits".

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'''The Doctor'''(after a [[Beat]]): Yeah. It is. }}

== Radio ==

== [[Radio]] ==

* ''[[A Prairie Home Companion]]'' does this in the [[Parody Commercial|fake commercials]] for the Ketchup Advisory Board and Bee-Bop-A-Ree-Bop Rhubarb Pie. The ketchup commercials suggest that ketchup's "natural mellowing agents" will help make you feel better about your problems; the rhubarb pie commercials generally take the form of someone suffering a long series of disasters (basically an excuse for the sound effects guy to show off a little), and then, just as the worst catastrophe of all has happened... "Wouldn't this be a good time for a piece of rhubarb pie?"

== [[Recorded and Stand Up Comedy]] ==

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* Parodied in Eddie Lawrence's comic monologue "The Old Philosopher" (you'll find it on one of the Dr Demento compilation CDs), where the narrator describes an escalating (and ultimately fatal) series of hypothetical disasters that can be overcome, or at least temporarily forgotten, with a positive attitude. {{spoiler|Then he [[Driven to Suicide|apparently shoots himself]] at the end of the recording.}}

== [[Theatre]] ==

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== [[Web Comics]] ==

* ''[[Girl Genius]]'' being full of [[Mad Scientist~~|mad scientists~~]], people (including other [[Mad Scientist~~|mad scientists~~]]) have to do something in order to stay conscious when one begins a long rant. [[Psycho for Hire|Bangladesh DuPree]] [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090202 shares] with us her little method.

* ''[[Girl Genius]]'' being full of [[Mad Scientist]]s, people (including other [[Mad Scientist]]s) have to do something in order to stay conscious when one begins a long rant. [[Psycho for Hire|Bangladesh DuPree]] [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090202 shares] with us her little method.

== [[Western Animation]] ==

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