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{{quote|'''Students:''' Hail to the bus driver, bus driver, bus driver...
'''Seymour Skinner:''' [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|...yes. Hail to the bus driver. Bus driver man.]]|From ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'', <ref>after Otto is the school bus driver again.</ref>}}
 
Sibling to the [[Dark Reprise]], only it's the [[Evil Twin|Good Twin]] [[Cain and Abel|of the pair.]] While a [[Dark Reprise]] is a dark, ominous version of a previous song, the [['''Triumphant Reprise]]''' is just the opposite -- anopposite—an earlier song, especially one with either a neutral or [[Villain Song|downright]] [[Heroic BSOD|dark]] tone, redone in an uplifting, dramatic, and ''victorious'' form. Frequently used as a [[Theme Music Power-Up]]. This also tends to happen to an [["I Want" Song]] -- it—it turns from that to an "I Got What I Wanted Song."
 
Is ''quite'' prone to being both [[Crowning Music of Awesome|awesome]] and [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|heartwarming]], and frequently used for [[Climactic Music]].
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== Anime ==
 
* While the ending theme of ''[[Clannad (visual novel)|Clannad]]'' and Nagisa's [[Leitmotif]] ''Dango Daikazoku'' (Big Dango Family) is already fairly happy, though for some reason has a tint of [[Tear Jerker]], the [[Triumphant Reprise]] ''Chiisana Te no Hira'' (The Palm of a Tiny Hand) that plays at the climax of the series ramps the heartwarming up to eleven.
* The music in the final episode of ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'', "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRF4Rz8vhJk Love Conservative]" (spoilers), since it's played during {{spoiler|Simon and Nia's wedding}}, reprises both [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8Y_3ipqugA Nia's] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7Wohpd8TxE Simon's] themes.
* In the ''[[Jack and the Beanstalk]]'' anime Princess Margret's song "No one's happier than I" is given a reprise after the villains are defeated.
* In the final episode of ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', we hear two separate triumphant reprises of the opening theme, titled "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKy7PnjsDX8 The Heady Feeling of Freedom]" and "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWEt_VgLOWY Good, Or Don't Be]" respectively. Though these aren't typical of the [[Triumphant Reprise]] - they're much more mellow and calming arrangements of what is normally a passionate and driving theme song.
* The final battle of ''[[Macross Frontier]]'' is capped off by the [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5H1yTmrrAFs Nyan Nyan Service Medley], which is practically every song from the series strung together into a single, continuous seven and a half minutes of awesome.
 
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** Tiana's reprise of "Down in New Orleans" might be a better example.
* In Disney's [[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney film)|animated version]] of ''[[The Hunchback of Notre Dame]]'' [[Ensemble Darkhorse|Clopin]] reprises "The Bells of Notre-Dame". What makes it powerful is the [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]] that happens just before where the little girl hugs Quasi. Also the orchestration of it, and Paul Kandel's [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|repeat of his incredibly high note]] in the first incarnation of the song
* One of the [[Cut Song|Cut Songs]]s from ''[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' is a [[Happily Ever After]] version of "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owlTdmrqvGM Arabian Nights]". The final cut of the film does contain a reprise of "A Whole New World," while the reprise of "Arabian Nights" was instead used in ''Aladdin and the King of Thieves''.
** The [[Screen to Stage Adaptation]] reinstated both that and the other three reprises, as well as the cut verses of the main song and extending the "Whole New World" reprise slightly.
* Played with and played straight in ''[[Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs]]''. As Sam and Flint prepare to enter the meateroid, Brent asks what he can do, and after he is told he can be "President of the Backseat," a mocking trumpet version of the Baby Brent Sardines jingle plays. Later, when he is reborn as Chicken Brent, a triumphant, orchestral version of the jingle plays.
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* When Spirit and Little Creek make their final escape from the soldiers at the end of the film ''[[Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron]]'', the song "You Can't Take Me!" actually starts right back up where it was [[Musicalis Interruptus|rudely interrupted near the start of the plot]].
* In the original 1986 feature, ''[[Transformers: The Movie]]'' We hear The Touch by Stan Bush as Optimus is plowing through the Decepticons and then going head to head with Megatron. The song is powerful, driving, and even upbeat. But Prime ''dies'' just moments after the song ends. However the song begins playing again near the film's climax when Hot Rod, nearly dead from Galvatron trying to pop his head off like a zit, touches the container of The Matrix, which revitalizes him, and empowers him. As the song begins to play he is changed from Hot Rod into Rodimus Prime, defeats Galvatron, leads the Autobots to safety as the energy unleashed by the Matrix rips Unicron apart, and finally declares the end of the Cybertronian Wars with victory being claimed by the Autobots.
* Disney's ''[[Hercules (Disney1997 film)||Hercules]]'' has one of "Go The Distance" after Hercules speaks to his father and sets out to become a hero.
* ''[[Bolt]]'' reprises the chorus to "Barking At The Moon" at the very end before the credits.
* At the end of ''[[Pocahontas]]'', "Farewell" is a solemn but triumphant reprise of "Colors of the Wind."
* ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Disney film)|Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs]]'' ends with the prince taking Snow White to his castle, to the accompaniment of "Some Day My Prince Will Come."
* ''[[Pinocchio (Disney film)|Pinocchio]]'' has "When You Wish Upon a Star" sung again after Pinocchio becomes a real boy.
* When [[Bambi]] inherits the title of, "Great Prince of the Forest," he stands majestically on a cliff (like his father did near the beginning of the movie), while "Love is a Song" plays again.
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* In ''[[Next to Normal]]'', Diana's part of "Make Up Your Mind/Catch Me I'm Falling (Reprise)." The words are changed to "Watch me I'm flying". Dr. Madden's part is actually darker, as he acknowledges that medicine can't fix everything.
* ''[[Avenue Q]]'' has "For Now", which is a (sort of) triumphant reprise of "Sucks To Be Me".
* "I'm Nothing Without You" from ''[[City of Angels (musical)|City of Angels]]'' is a triumphant reprise of "You're Nothing Without Me" which ends the first act.
* A weird version in ''[[Reefer Madness]]''. At the end Jesus shows up at {{spoiler|Jimmy's execution}} to mock him for not listening to him.
** Also May reprises The Stuff while {{spoiler|murdering Jack.}}
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* The original ''[[Knights of the Old Republic]]'', in the Light Side ending, reprises the title music, the Old Republic Theme. The Dark Side ending, meanwhile, works the same theme in to the [[Dark Reprise|Infinite Fleet music]].
* The [[Ending Theme]] of ''[[The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past|The Legend of Zelda a Link To T He Past]]'' is a triumphant reprise of the dark [[Opening Theme]].
** Similarly, [[The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker|Wind Waker]] has [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5fBOlVP3_k Journey] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FrcoHbGeMF0 Epilogue]-- original—original and reprisal, respectively. These also qualify as [[Book Ends]], playing when the adventure starts and ends.
* In ''[[RunescapeRuneScape]]'', "But We Can Fight" is this to "Zanik's Theme".
** And "On the Up" to "Down and Out".
* In ''[[Ikaruga]]'', the theme of the first level, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NRZz1HugwNo Ideal], has it's melody [[Theme and Variations Soundtrack|reused throughout the game]], fading into [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3Ir7L2mnoM darker and deeper tone]. During the final boss' onslaught, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Zg6zCLg6cQ however...]
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* ''[[Ace Combat|Ace Combat 5]]'' gives something of an inversion. All throughout the game, various pieces of music tease the main theme, most of them being after {{spoiler|your Squadron becomes the Ghosts of Razgriz}} (examples: "15 Years Ago," "Into the Dusk," "Briefing 2," "President Harling"). Then in the final level, {{spoiler|right as you and your team is lining up to confront the SOLG}}, we get [[Title Drop|The Unsung War]] in all it's orchestral, [[Ominous Latin Chanting|Latin Chanting]] glory. [[Crowning Music of Awesome|And it is]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3u4YLIacGZo AWESOME!!]
* The music played when Mario/Luigi obtains a Power Star at the end of a level from either ''[[Super Mario Galaxy]]'' and/or ''[[Super Mario Galaxy 2]]'' is actually a Triumphant Reprise of the music played when said level is introduced. The only levels that do not have this music are the ones where you either have to fight [[Big Bad|Bowser]] and/or [[Overlord, Jr.|Bowser Jr.]], due to them having Grand Stars instead.
** The music played during "The Perfect Run", the real final level of ''Galaxy 2'', are actually Triumphant Reprises of the World S, World 1, and the ending of Story Mode themes, which in turn are [[Dark Reprise|Dark Reprises]]s of the "Gusty Garden Galaxy", "Good Egg Galaxy", and "Comet Observatory" themes from ''Galaxy 1'' (which are actually reused in this game).
* In ''[[Ys]]: The Ark of Napishtim'', "Collapse of the Ark" and "Zeme's Protection" are triumphal reprises of "Revival of the Ark" and Olha's theme, respectively. "Spread Blue View" also contains a triumphant reprise of "Reconciled People".
* ''[[Mass Effect]]'' reprises its main theme at the end {{spoiler|1=after you've defeated Sovereign and met with your chosen human Council member to discuss your next step. As the new human Council member finishes his speech, the scene cuts to Shepard standing in front of a backdrop, unique depending on your status as [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_6yQwHJ4tU&t=5m56s Paragon] or [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luzyUkBGEqw&t=6m03s Renegade], as the reprisal swells into the main part of the motif.}}
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* As upbeat as "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYANYGCgRz4 Pushing Onwards]" from ''[[VVVVVV]]'' already was, it gets an even more energetic reprise in the form of "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18pqyuWqtb8 Positive Force]".
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t09T4SY5sUE The music that plays] after {{spoiler|Samus (re)gains the Gravity Suit}} in ''[[Metroid]]: Zero Mission'' is a remix of [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlrOAEr6dXc the Brinstar theme], the first music heard in the game after the opening titles and Samus's fanfare.
* The theme to ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'' and ''[[Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty]]'' was replaced with a different track in ''[[Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater]]''. Absent a muzak version in a cutscene, it stays out of the game until the ending, in which it plays twice over two minutes: a [[Softer and Slower Cover|subdued version]] over {{spoiler|a very sad Snake receiving the title of Big Boss}}, and then, ninety seconds later, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gr8WslV4cEw#t=3m21 a fully orchestrated version] over the revelation to the player that {{spoiler|the Boss was sent on a suicide mission that was to end with Snake killing her}}. It ends up being both triumphant and utterly heartbreaking in the same breath.
* ''[[Chrono Cross]]'' uses "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YD4MWc4e56c Triumph ~ The Gift of Spring]" for its victory fanfare. That's just for normal enemies, though, if you beat a boss (or recruit someone for your [[Loads and Loads of Characters|private army]]) you get a brassy remix, "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M58LvB3Yv6c Victory ~ Call of Summer]." ''[[Chrono Trigger]]'' fans will immediately recognize either version as a Triumphant Reprise of Lucca's [[Leitmotif]].
** One of your first encounters with the young knight Glenn is at [[Weapon Tombstone|his father and older brother's grave]], where a somber little piece named "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akBLicKODFE&feature=related Leaving the Body]" plays. At later parts in the game, though, the same melody is revived as "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuwK6vn6lBA Dragon Rider]" whenever a Dragoon is doing something awesome - such as Glenn returning to that grave to [[Take Up My Sword|inherit the Einlanzer]].
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