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== [[Advertising]] ==
* One State Farm ad has two men who were in a car accident; when one blames the other, he uses the State Farm jingle to summon the World's Smallest Violin.
== [[Fan Works]] ==
* In ''[[The Games We Play (RWBY fanfic)|The Games We Play]]'' by Ryuugi, a ''[[RWBY]]/[[The Gamer]]'' fic, Jaune actually creates a microscopic violin so he can pull it out to taunt Adam with it.
== [[Film]] ==
* In [[Reservoir Dogs]], Mr. Pink plays the world's smallest violin for underpaid waitresses during a debate about tipping.
{{quote|'''Mr. Pink''': Do you know what this is? It's the world's smallest violin playing just for the waitresses. }}
== [[Literature]] ==
* Used by a columnist in
{{quote|"In a tight job market, should we be surprised that some Ivy League grads have problems? Welcome to the 21st century, and excuse me while I practice the world's smallest violin."}}▼
== [[Live-Action TV]] ==
* Possibly the [[Trope Maker]]: Margaret does this on ''[[M*A*S*H (television)|
{{quote|'''Margaret''': Charles, do you know what this is? It's the world's smallest violin, and it's playing just for you. }}
* Repeated on ''[[Sabrina the Teenage Witch (TV series)|Sabrina the Teenage Witch]]'', when Principal Kraft, under a spell, mouths off to [[Alpha Bitch|Libby]]:
{{quote|'''Kraft''': Aww, here's the world's smallest violin playing the world's saddest song just for you! }}
* Charlie mentions the world's smallest violin in an early episode of ''[[Two and A Half Men]]''.
* This exchange in the ''[[Warehouse 13]]'' episode "Merge With Caution" after the Warehouse agents just jumped out through a window and Pete is complaining about his knees:
{{quote|'''Myka''': *makes tiny violin motions*
'''Pete''': What's that?
'''Myka''': The world's tiniest purple violin. (she's wearing purple protective gloves) }}
* In ''[[School Of Comedy]]'', a brash character attending a group therapy session actually produces a miniature violin to play for someone relating their story.
*
== [[Music]] ==
* Invoked in [[Pantera]]'s "Walk":
{{quote|''Run your mouth when I'm not around, it's easy to achieve
''You cry to weak friends that sympathize
''Can you hear the violins playing your song?
''Those same friends tell me your every word }}
▲* Used by a columnist in the ''New York Times'' (11/9/2003) about the travails of bluebloods having trouble finding jobs.
▲{{quote|"In a tight job market, should we be surprised that some Ivy League grads have problems? Welcome to the 21st century, and excuse me while I practice the world's smallest violin."}}
▲** Was the general reaction to [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/15/AR2009081502957.html this] article about a family that's ''just squeaking by'' on an annual $300,000 income. How the [[Wa Po]] thought for a second they'd garner any sympathy whatsoever is beyond me.
== [[Video Games]] ==
* ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' has an [[Emote Command]], /violin, which displays "You begin to play the world's smallest violin." If you have something targeted, it displays "You begin to play the world's smallest violin for [target]."
* An actual weapon in ''[[Kingdom of Loathing]]'' (and a fairly good one at that), although the item description references the related symbolism.
* Referenced in ''[[Adventure Quest Worlds]]'' in the description of the Bone Violin.
* In ''[[The World Ends With You]]'', Joshua plays the World's Smallest Violin for Neku after {{spoiler|Neku shares the story of how Shiki Misaki is now his entry fee.}}
* There are at least three [[Android Games|Android]] apps that let the user "play" a sad tune on a small virtual violin. They all use the sad tune from ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'', composed by Richard Myhill.
== [[Web Comics]] ==
* ''[[xkcd]]'', [http://xkcd.com/743/ "Infrastructures"] - It's the world tiniest open-source violin.
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== [[Western Animation]] ==
* In ''[[South Park]]'', Cartman took out a violin while someone was telling a sad story.
* An old ''[[Captain America
* In a soundtrack gag on ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'', a violin plays very, very softly during Toph's brief attempt to bond with an unsympathetic Zuko during the series finale.
* Pictured above: a scene from the ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' episode "Squilliam Returns" in which Mr. Krabs ''literally'' plays the World's Smallest Violin as a variant of this trope.
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'''Squidward''': This is serious!
'''Mr. Krabs''': I know, this really ''is'' the World's Smallest Violin. See? (camera focuses on his claw to show World's Smallest Violin) }}
* Apu, from ''[[The Simpsons (animation)|The Simpsons]]'', does this gesture in response to his wife's complaining but with a sitar rather than a violin.
** Fat Tony, having won his daughter's prized violin in a poker game from Krusty, does this when he begs him to give it back. Then he goes "Oh wait, now I can do it for real", pulls out the violin and actually starts playing it (quite well, too).
** In the episode "Them Robot" Lenny also plays the world's smallest violin for Homer, but it turns out he was actually holding a real tiny violin. Moments later he loses the bow.
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