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Closely related to the [[Lock and Load Montage]].

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* Played relatively straight in ''[[Bring It On]]'' with the cheerleader training montage after the Toros bought routine is disqualified.

* [[Troperiffic|Inevitably used]] in ''[[Kung Fu Panda]]''. A great many of Po's training exercises became deliberately hilarious due to either his weight or the way in which Shifu used food to motivate him. Thankfully, and perhaps surprisingly due to Master Crane being in the film, there is no [[Homage Shot]] of the Crane Stance from ''The Karate Kid.'' Even though it's to be expected, like so many other cliches and predictable elements in this movie, Po's training still works, managing to be uplifting and awesome, probably due to Hans Zimmer's<ref>[[Aren't You Forgetting Someone|and John Powell's]]</ref> excellent music. [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|Of course it gets trumped by the dumpling fight a few minutes later]]...

** Also note that ''that'' particular clip is actually spliced together from two different scenes in the film. And that song isn't the same one used in the original film--the original is even cheesier.

* In ''[[Mr Mom]]'' an Homage Montage aimed no doubt at ''[[Rocky (Film)|Rocky]]'' has Jack Butler and his housewife neighbors losing weight and fixing up his house to this same tune.

* Parodied, steps and all, in ''[[Hey Arnold]]'' in the episode "Old Iron Man", where Arnold's grandpa competes against an old rival in a senior athletic competition.

* Inverted in the [[Looney Tunes|Daffy Duck]] cartoon, "Holiday for Drumsticks". To "save" Tom, a turkey destined for Thanksgiving dinner, Daffy coaches him through an exercise regimen to help him lose weight -- while packing away all the food (and the pounds) the farmers have set out to fatten him up. The [[Training Montage]] is on a split screen, with Tom working himself rail-thin in one half, and Daffy stuffing his beak in the other, with the opposite effect on his physique. In the end, Daffy is the one thrown inside the oven. (As Garfield once said about getting in shape, "I AM in shape! Round is a shape!")

** The song that plays in the background during this scene is "Live to Win" by Paul Stanley, one of the members of [[Kiss]]. Funnily enough, the episode with the song was [[Early Bird Cameo|released before Paul's album]].

** Also brilliantly spoofed/lampshaded in "Asspen", and then in an identical fashion in the movie ''[[Team America]]'': textbook-perfect training montages are accompanied by the song 'Montage,' which helpfully notes that ''"In anything, if you want to go / From just a beginner to a pro / You need a montage."'' This is also something of a subversion because Stan still skis like a beginner after the montage.

* Used several times in ''[[The Simpsons]]''. In "Simpsons Bible Stories", Bart (King David) trains with a flock of sheep in preparation for his battle with Nelson (Goliath II). "Bart the General" features a [[Training the Peaceful Villagers]] montage as Bart's army prepares to fight the bullies.

** In the parody vignette "Bartman Begins," Bart Simpson trains to become Bartman after his parents are murdered by Snake (who appears first as a common hood in the Joe Chill mold and later as a reptile-themed supervillain), and he does so in an "old-timey montage" on grainy film that looks like something from between the 1890s and the 1940s. (Apparently, [[Shallow Parody|someone forgot to tell the animators]] that ''[[Batman Begins]]'', despite being set during a "depression," is supposed to be taking place in the modern day.)

** Fluttershy gets on in "Hurricane Fluttershy" where her animal friends help her learn to be a stronger flier. Making it a '''literal''' example of [[Gonna Fly Now Montage]]'''

* Doom gets one in ''[[The Super Hero Squad Show]]'' after a fractal-powered MODOK takes over the Legion. Complete with running up a lot of steps.

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